2020
‘And the poet well knows that the house holds childhood motionless «in its arms.»‘
The Poetics of Space, Gaston Bachelard
Genesis is a project made within the framework of the 2020 confinement that addresses the notions of protection and lack of protection within the privacy of the house. It seeks to make apparent a dimension of fragility that violates the structure of a seemingly stable space. To think about the house from its symbolic dimension gives us the opportunity to get to know our own person as we recognize ourselves in the attributes of the space we inhabit.
The project ties together body, sculpture and space to communicate from unfinished or disaggregated structures. The ceiling on which the pieces are placed is presented as the great guiding axis of the work, presenting the viewer an urban, upright context, with smooth architecture as a counterpoint to the pieces made by the artist.
Artworks
House (a map) / Casa (un mapa) // text, variable measurements
The following intervention was done on my apartment’s rooftop, based on a word map I made of my surroundings. The map is shown above (House (a map)) and was done from the inside of the apartment I lived in during the pandemic.
Where is she? / ¿Dónde está ella? // digital collage, variable measurements
House (a description) / Casa (una descripción) // digital photography, 21 cm x 14.8 cm each
The Geometer / El geómetra // digital collage, 60 cm x 45 cm
World / El Mundo // chalk paster on paper mache, 82.5 cm x 57 cm
Dusk / Atardecer // digital photography, 45 cm x 60 cm
Genesis / Génesis // digital collage, 60 cm x 45 cm
The following video shows a white paper equivalent to the exact size and shape of the bedroom I slept in during the pandemic’s lockdown. The paper was done from the inside of my apartment.
Dawn / Amanecer // digital video