Sukruti, a small village near Chiatura in western Georgia, sits atop an area historically defined by intensive manganese mining. Over decades, mining corporations have expanded subterranean tunnel networks, often extending directly beneath residential land and private homes. As the ground is hollowed out, the surface becomes increasingly unstable—foundations fracture, walls crack, and entire houses begin to collapse.

This project investigates the concept of the "retaining wall," a structural barrier typically engineered to prevent such geological failure. By substituting heavy industrial materials with chiffon—a fabric of extreme delicacy and lightness—the work attempts to visualize the fragility and the invisible footprint of this ongoing industrial erosion.