Mindscapes

Mindscapes unfolds as a physical trace of thought — a landscape where memory, emotion, and matter slowly intertwine.

In Mindscapes, Sanne Maes explores the inner landscapes of the human mind. The series consists of sculptures and reliefs in which recognizable forms — faces, ears, skulls — merge with organic, dripping structures. These fluid shapes seem to emerge from the material itself, as if they were elusive extensions of memory, perception, or inner states.

At times, the sculptures appear covered by a dark, oily skin, from which something living seems to struggle to surface. The textures evoke a tension between growth and decay, between what is visible and what remains hidden. Patterns reminiscent of fungi or neural networks suggest mental processes — as if thoughts themselves have solidified into matter.

The mindscape is not a fixed place, but a shifting terrain: a psychological landscape where recognition and estrangement, formation and dissolution, are in constant motion.