Ophelia

Frozen in time, these faces become vestiges of discarded selves or portraits of a moment just before transformation. They suggest the possibility of many lives within a single lifetime — identities renewed, expanded, and continuously becoming. Ben Aïm’s choice of silicone, which mimics skin, and resin, which both preserves and obscures, reflects the tension between memory and possibility. Here, preservation is not an endpoint, but a pause before the next iteration.