Erosion is a process found along a watercourse, where stones and land are gracefully carved. However, erosion in the broader sense defines something that is gradually being shed, layer by layer. It can define gradual diminution, metaphorically as well. 

Batu dan Banjir opposes archival images of my Indonesian grandmother, which were affected by recurring flooding due to neglect, with contemporary observations of the Rhine, from its source in Switzerland to its delta in the Netherlands, viewing the natural shape-shifting of sediments and stones, sculpted by forces of water and time. 

The work challenges the experience of perceiving interconnections of nature and humans by showing macro observations of erosion in cultural testimonies and natural processes. The materiality of the images, as well as the stones along the river, reveal their interplay with the environment, revealing traces and memories the environment has left behind. 

Erosion becomes a metaphor for impermanence and displacement, for flowing geographically and culturally, for relocation and adaptation, and for readjustment to an ever-changing environment.