From the Shut Your Aperture archive (2014): this gallery and contributor remarks belong to their original publication period. The artist’s original text discusses a difficult emotional moment; this is an artwork, not a current wellbeing report.

The Frail Second by Htet T San

The Frail Second by Htet T San

In the artist’s original statement, Htet T San described an overwhelming moment of uncertainty and an attempt to find a sense of self. The Frail Second grew from that memory. The gallery reflects that personal account at the time of publication.

I have stripped out all the layers and walls I have built my existence up. There I found this, the complete nothingness. So huge and overwhelming that I suddenly felt like I’m going to collapse in any moment and never I will find my self again. In the memory of that split moment I created this project “The Frail Second”. Htet T San tells ShutYourAperture.

Blurred figure standing in dark waterSave

Silhouetted figure leaning toward the seaSave

Figure standing amid waves in pale mistSave

Small figure reflected on wet shorelineSave

Two figures standing in shallow surfSave

Figure walking along a wave-washed shoreSave

People wading in bright hazy waterSave

Solitary figure in a misty shore sceneSave

Figure running across reflective wet sandSave

Blurred figure crouching at water’s edgeSave

See Htet T San’s artist site.

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