Noann Maia’s practice explores the interactions that constitute life, examining key components that are embedded within the metaphysical. Influenced by existentialism and the philosophy of the absurd, he approaches the world as a system of constructed structures - Whole frameworked into smaller structures. Maia comprises these intrinsic qualities, which are experienced in our day-to-day, into four pillars: time, construct/ deconstruct, variables, and ontic objects.

Maia dissects moments in space, or ontic objects; these dissections are used as bricks, like a mason layering bricks to form a structure. Maia overlays these dissected moments/ontic objects to create his image. As time has a revelatory means and life is in a constant state of flux, water mechanics are integrated as a metaphor to set the agency of impermeability to the structure, allowing for the surface to be constructed with the artist's presence and defaced without control. In doing so, the structure is exposed, revealing what lies beneath.