“We dream in order to forget […] attempting to remember one’s dreams should perhaps not be encouraged, because such remembering may help to retain patterns of thought wich are better forgotten. There are the very patterns the organism was attempting to damp down” (The function of dream sleep (1983), Francis Crick & Greame Mitchison) We … Leer más
Digital program that calculates the size of the area subscribed by a triangle generated by the tips of the three hands of an analog clock.
While advancing along the road, the headlights, like immovable landmarks, mark the correct route for those who know how to interpret their signs. A particular light cadence translates the geographical coordinates and, like a clock that with the arbitrary position of its hands marks the hours, assures us that we are in this or that … Leer más
“Tacto II is a work that talks about the slow passing of time and the traces that bodies print on spaces, either by leaving a visible trace or by the minute noises dispersed in the air. Fragments of bodies made with ceramic are adapted into simple iron mechanisms that do not hide their gears. On … Leer más
This exhibition consists of three parts or pieces: At first, a gearmotor located inside the Museum Room drags a slowly wear two Ctibor bricks, one located in the Museum Courtyard and the other in the Hall an the other one in the Room, leaving behind the trace and wear of the materials. Inside the Room, … Leer más
“The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.” (Myth of Sisyphus, Albert Camus)
Synesthesia is what helps us locate our body in space, to know where our legs or arms are, or in which direction we’re moving. But this idea may not be entirely accurate—each person has their own mental image of their body or the size their head occupies. We are constantly measuring our own body in … Leer más
A machine wears down, slowly and constantly tortures a brick. Ceramic against steel. The metal tip digs a path on the surface of the brick while it itself wears away, under tension, in slow motion. The imprint and erosion on the stone makes visible the repetitive action that wears down the material. The signs of … Leer más
A hollow plaster head filled with graphite powder is slowly but steadily pressed by a bench vise connected to a gear motor. The vise compresses almost imperceptibly, at a rate of one revolution per hour. After 40 hours (or, in other words, a standard 40-hour work week), the vise will fully close, completing the destruction … Leer más
