Subvision
2024/2025
Subversion is an exploration of transformation and reimagined purpose. Given discarded objects—two parts of cigar presses, a shotgun stock, and a brass topper—we investigated their dark histories tied to colonialism, masculinity, and harmful habits. Rather than erasing the past, we focused on their rhythm, tactility, and the overlooked quality of negative space.
One press was deconstructed, freeing its keys to find new roles. The base now faces itself in a mirror—an invitation to rethink identity. The shotgun stock contrasts brutality and delicacy, mass production and individual touch, through molded clay. The cold brass topper explores presence and absence through physical transformation, capturing negative space and reframing the tension between original and replica. Through spatial reuse, we subvert the past, opening space for new interpretations.
By rethinking the past, we provoke new ways of imagining the future—inviting viewers to interpret, fantasise, and engage with what is absent. In this space of speculation, the missing becomes a site of discovery, and overlooked fragments gain new potential.
Royal College of Art
Interior Design
Reuse Primer