We Scramble for Tomorrow

Three spinning bodies, fragmented choreographies, each powered by its own lithium battery. Their rotations diverge in rhythm and duration. As the objects spin, they act as temporary vessels, their motion shaped by their limit. They perform, they slow, they pause. Over time, batteries weaken, requiring intervention—replacement, recharging, attention—echoing the chemistry, medicine, and metaphor of lithium itself. The work emerges from a broader research into lithium, not only as a chemical element or a psychiatric medication, but as a lens on the tension between depletion and productivity. The quiet circuit of care and maintenance in this work mirrors the unsustainable demands placed on bodies living in a high-performance society. Within this fragile loop of movement and breakdown, the installation questions the societal imperative to stay functional, to be always on, and asks, ‘What happens when we can no longer recharge?’