Shining DESPAIR
Juan Riusech
Spain


Brooch “Blurred lines of Despair”, 2025
PLA, steel
3D hand printed
Yet, amidst this darkness, vibrant threads of color emerge, piercing the surface like fleeting moments of hope or memory. These threads, in their delicate, almost fragile nature, represent the blurred lines between despair and the lingering remnants of joy. They are the whispers of resilience, the chaotic yet beautiful struggle to find light within the shadows.
The form itself, reminiscent of a fragmented torso or a constricted garment, speaks to the vulnerability and fragility of the human condition. It suggests a sense of being bound, compressed, and distorted by emotional distress, a visual echo of the internal conflict between surrender and the persistent, if faint, impulse to break free.
« Blurred Lines of Despair » is not an attempt to define or resolve the complex nature of sorrow, but rather to give it a tangible form, a space for contemplation. It invites the viewer to confront the uncomfortable realities of emotional pain, while simultaneously acknowledging the enduring presence of hope, however faint, that persists even in the darkest of times and it challenges the viewer to navigate the uncomfortable space between light and darkness, to confront the ever-shifting contours of the human soul, and to acknowledge that despair is not a singular emotion but a complex, fluid experience that cannot be contained or easily understood.. The sculpture serves as a reminder that even in despair, the lines are blurred, and the possibility of transformation remains.