Círculos infinitos

Historias a medio contar reverberan en el espacio.

Infinite Circles

“There is no silence here but phrases you avoid hearing”  
– Alejandra Pizarnik  

 The origin of the word text is attributed to the Roman author Quintilian, who stated in Institutio Oratoria that «after you have chosen your words, they must be weaved together into a fine and delicate textile»; his original ‘textum’ is the Latin for fabric and text.  

The installation Infinite Circles addresses the historically muted territory of the feminine, emulating an array of handmade lace fragments. In these pieces, as in any other ‘text’, the space in-between lines can be more important than the line itself: the stories that remain untold or silenced are those echoed in the void. [Read full text]

Un presente antiguo
(La memoria)

Las estructuras etéreas pueden prevalecer sobre aquellas de arquitectura sólida, abriendo las puertas a un mundo que ya no existe.

El contenedor fundamental

Retrato diacrónico

¿Es la memoria aquello que sostiene la permanencia del «ser»?

No Beginning or End
(The Rhizome)

“A rhizome has no beginning or end; it is always in the middle, between things, interbeing, intermezzo. The tree is filiation, but the rhizome is alliance, uniquely alliance.”
– Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari

These pieces are inspired by a Spanish handmade lace commonly known as ‘Tenerife lace’, a textile initially introduced to several settlements in colonial South America. Over time, the technique was reproduced and taught across generations, to be modified in the hands of local weavers and acquire its own identity.

I interpret the rhizome as a symbol of cultural resistance, given its conspicuous multiplicity and simultaneity. For me, it represents a silent yet powerful force that, thanks to its net-like structure and lack of a single identifiable core, can defy and oppose a greater force. In this case, the rhizome opposes the hegemonic power.    [Read full text]

An old present (The memory)

“The antique object no longer has any practical application, its role being merely to signify. It is astractural, it refuses structure, it is the extreme case of disavowal of the primary functions. Yet it is not functional, nor purely ‘decorative’, for it has a very specific function within the system, namely the signifying of time.” 
– Jean Baudrillard

Inspired by decorative elements from Buenos Aires’ early 20th-century domestic interiors, An Old Present (The Memory) invokes a bygone era in Argentina, suspended in time through the idealization of memory. 

The piece finds its strength in ethereal structures over solid architectures; similarly, the tissues that bind our social narratives and identities are at once fragile and yet prevail over the seemingly fixed historical discourses that crumble around us… [Read full text]

The Ultimate Container

«Vessels accept, contain, protect and preserve the birth/death/rebirth cycle of life at both the physical and metaphysical levels.» 
-Jean Benedict Raffa

The feminine symbolism of the vase suggests a transformative and immersive world. The ornamental quality of lace and its floral patterns bring back the original nostalgia, connecting ancestors and descendants, distant time, and places. 

Diachronic Portrait

“True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There’s no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected. Once you are aware of that you are no longer caught in the idea that you are a separate entity.”

– Thich Nhat Hanh