If by architecture we refer to the construction of habitable spaces and their capacity to materialize the political, cultural and technological context of a civilization, with these works I wonder: what form do the structures that have also offered habitability and built civilization have, the ones that have not capitalize neither visually nor politically and have gone unnoticed?
This question spearheaded my research in Rome (2022-23) during my residency at the American Academy, in which I traced sensual correspondences between urban materialities and their inhabitants. Thus, actions such as falling, hugging, violating, supporting, providing, pushing, appeared as somatic behaviors of architectural and archaeological structures from which I could start speculating about possible silenced stories in their stones and bricks.
Line, 2023, shown at “Roma, a Portrait” Palazzo Esposizioni, Roma, May 10 – July 30, 2023 (catalog). Curated by Cecilia Canziani
Part, 2023 and Real Estate, 2023, shown at “Insolación” TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Sept 29 – Abril 21, 2024. Curated by Gilberto González
Line, 2023
Baby chair, cardboard, FastMaché, wood, fabric, acrylic paint, pigments, pencil, bricks, cement
88,5 x 231 x 80 cm – Photo: Roberto Ruiz
Part, 2023
Chair, cardboard, FastMaché, wood, fabric, acrylic paint, watercolor, pencil, brick, cups
81 x 194 x 81 cm – Photo: Danielle Molajoli
Real Estate, 2023
Cardboard, FastMaché, wood, rebar, fabric, acrylic paint, cleaning cloths, cast pigmented resin
175 x 95 x 60 cm – Photo: Danielle Molajoli