Saloon is delighted to present Sedap Malam, a new series by Chiara Croserio. Based in Indonesia, Chiara is a multidisciplinary artist and the founder and designer of RIU, a beloved Saloon favourite.
Sedap Malam takes its name from a nocturnal flower, believed by many in Bali to offer protection as it blooms under the cover of night. This series explores the contrast within beauty: attention and neglect, organic and artificial, valued and overlooked. Spiritual practice and guardianship are woven into this series, with photographs reworked using the motifs of thresholds and gates, manipulated with processes of addition and subtraction, some have been embellished and others are left partial after a slow burning process. Sedap Malam questions our perception of beauty and offers a meditative reflection on the unseen forces that guard us and how we carry them forward.
