Peacekeeping transforms an object designed for conflict into an unlikely vessel for life. A military helmet, scarred, utilitarian and marked “Born to Protect” is overtaken by an abundance of wildflowers, replacing camouflage with colour and function with growth.
The work plays with the contradictions embedded in the language of protection: what we defend, how we defend it, and what remains when force gives way to preservation. Rather than rejecting the helmet’s original purpose, the flowers quietly redefine it, suggesting that perhaps the most meaningful form of protection is not the ability to destroy, but the ability to allow something to flourish.
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