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Sparklers

Sparks of Anxiety, Joy, and Childhood Wonder

This project presents a series of illustrations and simple frame-by-frame animations of sparks, inspired by sparklers, to symbolize feelings such as anxiety, dread, and numbness. Like sparklers, these emotions appear as constant, tiny sparks that may seem insignificant on their own, but they can build up and become deeply uncomfortable.

The sparklers also represent the contrast between danger and joy, especially in childhood. In Indonesia, many children grow up playing with sparklers and fireworks, finding happiness in them despite the risks. That same contradiction is reflected here: even when these sparks feel dangerous, there’s still joy in those moments.

Fireworks, by contrast, are grand, loud, and impossible to ignore, while these sparks remain subtle, persistent, and intimate, reflecting the quiet intensity of internal turmoil.

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Tarishah Fadilah

Painting + Printmaking 2026

This project presents a series of illustrations and simple frame-by-frame animations of sparks, inspired by sparklers, to symbolize feelings such as anxiety, dread, and numbness. Like sparklers, these emotions appear as constant, tiny sparks that may seem insignificant on their own, but they can build up and become deeply uncomfortable.

The sparklers also represent the contrast between danger and joy, especially in childhood. In Indonesia, many children grow up playing with sparklers and fireworks, finding happiness in them despite the risks. That same contradiction is reflected here: even when these sparks feel dangerous, there’s still joy in those moments.

Fireworks, by contrast, are grand, loud, and impossible to ignore, while these sparks remain subtle, persistent, and intimate, reflecting the quiet intensity of internal turmoil.

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Animation
Illustration

Sparklers

Sparks of Anxiety, Joy, and Childhood Wonder

Tarishah Fadilah

Painting + Printmaking 2026

Tags

Animation
Illustration

This project presents a series of illustrations and simple frame-by-frame animations of sparks, inspired by sparklers, to symbolize feelings such as anxiety, dread, and numbness. Like sparklers, these emotions appear as constant, tiny sparks that may seem insignificant on their own, but they can build up and become deeply uncomfortable.

The sparklers also represent the contrast between danger and joy, especially in childhood. In Indonesia, many children grow up playing with sparklers and fireworks, finding happiness in them despite the risks. That same contradiction is reflected here: even when these sparks feel dangerous, there’s still joy in those moments.

Fireworks, by contrast, are grand, loud, and impossible to ignore, while these sparks remain subtle, persistent, and intimate, reflecting the quiet intensity of internal turmoil.

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