Description
Sucré salé is a concrete poem made of salt and sugar placed inside a handmade wooden box. The word DES (some) is sculpted in blue salt and the word espoirs (hopes) is sculpted in sugar cubes (The French word “Désespoirs” means “Despair”). Water was dripped onto the dense blue salt of the word DES, which remained intact, while the sugar cubes around it were slightly dissolved.
Statement
Sucré salé (sweet and salty) is a visual play on the chemical natures of salt and sugar, connecting them to the undermining of hope. I think this work should be remade and put inside a handmade glass box.
Karen Trask, 2025