Mirela Fioresy
Fallen
This series originates from the experience of growing up in a house surrounded by palm trees, where the sound of falling fronds was frequent, yet the moment of their descent was never witnessed.
The work investigates this unseen interval between sky and earth, transforming it into a site of projection and imagination. It proposes transient forms suspended mid-air: beings that exist only in falling, dissolving upon landing.
It recalls a particular mode of childhood perception: the ability to fill what cannot be seen with enchantment rather than danger. It asks what is lost, when uncertainty becomes something to fear instead of something to wonder at.
Original Fronds
Fallen Palm Tree Fronds
These are the original palm leaves from which the Fallen pieces originate. Collected after naturally falling from the trees, each leaf carries its own structure, scale, and marks of time.
Palm leaves can reach significant dimensions, often extending up to several meters in length, and their organic geometry becomes the starting point for the works in this series. The pieces emerge from this encounter between the natural form of the leaf and the artist’s intervention.
