PAUSE
Homes are architectural vessels containing dreams, sadness, desires, happiness, and fears. They are like books giving us shelter from society and providing room for the individual to exist. Intentionally exploring these ideas, Pause, Black Hole, and Erosion are bodies of work that portray conversations about the psychological effects that domestic spaces have on us; the interpersonal relationships, and fictitious narratives that we create of them. The alienation of ourselves into a private structure in which ordinary tasks can become either rituals or martyrdoms. The voyeuristic rawness imbues itself into everyone passing through that space.
Pause, as the title indicates, is a piece for reflection that recreates the mixed emotions experienced during the first weeks of quarantine. As the world entered a new decade we were forced to slow down our pace and become observers. Isolation not only brought us fear and anxiety but also awareness; consciousness about how to reconnect with ourselves and find new readings of our living spaces. On the other hand, Black Hole is a piece that focuses on the dark and hollow sentiment of anxiety. Extracting references from the intimate landscape of my bedroom in an abstracted manner, the piece’s intention is to depict sentiments of contemplative emptiness. Last but not least, Erosion, unfolds the complex and delicate topic of human relationships by depicting two opposed chairs that represent a couple. In between, a rock like meat formation images on paper visually “connect” the chairs insinuating the decay and struggle of these individuals as time weakens their love bond.
2020
BLACK HOLE
2020
EROSION
2020
A BLUE BIRD’S TUNE
A Blue Bird’s Tune is a series inspired by Emily Dickinson's envelope poems. This series focuses on three main subjects that have a strong relationship with her work and life: danger, death, and madness. Contained in shadow boxes, the text is displayed in a personal dialogue with a collection of found objects. Each used object stained with life recreates a materialized idea, a psychological moment, or an intimate portrait generating new content.
2019
PORTALS IN DECAY
Portals in Decay is an installation of handmade mirrors that explores the connection and/or detachment of human-landscape through the use of reflection, texture, and text. These almost metallic mirrors spread as if forgotten collected bodies throughout The Kampong’s (National Tropical Botanical Garden) landscape, reflecting a contained environment in decay and bringing awareness of our surroundings. The perforated text silently and passively activates the space in an intimate and poetic conversation with the viewer, creating this way a hidden narration along the landscape.
2019
