CROCODILE NEST
Mixed media installation
Moulded and compressed soil, ceramic, water, contact speakers
Sound composition in collaboration with Lilian Fatmeh Villalba, looped
2023
Crocodile Nest is the first sculptural gestures that arises from the reasearch for a film documentary project in which I explore my relationship with the tropical hall of the Düsseldorf Zoo where a group of crocodiles live.
Three blocks of compacted soil, with the same size of the columns of the place, form a circle line, which reimagines a new space: a nest for crocodile egg in captivity.
The sculptures are a remembrance of vernacular architectural techniques. I am interested in recalling these practice, as they are mainly collective and involve a more conscious understanding and relationship with the land. Putting the eggs in contact with the soil, which has been worked for several hours by hand is a symbolic act of reparation and affirmation of our bond with the territory. They intend to alleviate the uprooting.
Crocodile mothers bury their eggs and just when they are about to hatch they produce a high-pitched sound inside the egg to call their mothers to dig them up so they can come out into the world. This chant is present in the installation throuh a sound composition that emerges form the eggs as a metaphor to summon home.
Exhibitions
- Ways of existing (becoming-ongoing). Kunstwerk, Cologne, Germany, 2023
- Ghost at the fest. WELTKUNSTZIMMER, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2023
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Ways of existing (becoming - ongoing)
KunstWerk, Cologne, Germany
2024
CROCODILE NEST
Mixed media installation
Moulded and compressed soil, ceramic, water, contact speakers
Sound composition in collaboration with Lilian Fatmeh Villalba
2023
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Crocodile Nest is the first sculptural gestures that arises from the reasearch for a film documentary project in which I explore my relationship with the tropical hall of the Düsseldorf Zoo where a group of crocodiles live.
Three blocks of compacted soil, with the same size of the columns of the place, form a circle line, which reimagines a new space: a nest for crocodile egg in captivity.
The sculptures are a remembrance of vernacular architectural techniques. I am interested in recalling these practice, as they are mainly collective and involve a more conscious understanding and relationship with the land. Putting the eggs in contact with the soil, which has been worked for several hours by hand is a symbolic act of reparation and affirmation of our bond with the territory. They intend to alleviate the uprooting.
Crocodile mothers bury their eggs and just when they are about to hatch they produce a high-pitched sound inside the egg to call their mothers to dig them up so they can come out into the world. This chant is present in the installation throuh a sound composition that emerges form the eggs as a metaphor to summon home.
Mixed media installation
Moulded and compressed soil, ceramic, water, contact speakers
Sound composition in collaboration with Lilian Fatmeh Villalba
2023
Crocodile Nest is the first sculptural gestures that arises from the reasearch for a film documentary project in which I explore my relationship with the tropical hall of the Düsseldorf Zoo where a group of crocodiles live.
Three blocks of compacted soil, with the same size of the columns of the place, form a circle line, which reimagines a new space: a nest for crocodile egg in captivity.
The sculptures are a remembrance of vernacular architectural techniques. I am interested in recalling these practice, as they are mainly collective and involve a more conscious understanding and relationship with the land. Putting the eggs in contact with the soil, which has been worked for several hours by hand is a symbolic act of reparation and affirmation of our bond with the territory. They intend to alleviate the uprooting.
Crocodile mothers bury their eggs and just when they are about to hatch they produce a high-pitched sound inside the egg to call their mothers to dig them up so they can come out into the world. This chant is present in the installation throuh a sound composition that emerges form the eggs as a metaphor to summon home.
Exhibitions
- Ways of existing (becoming-ongoing). Kunstwerk, Cologne, Germany, 2023
- Ghost at the fest. WELTKUNSTZIMMER, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2023
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––––––––––––––– Other exhibition installation views ––––––––––––––
Ways of existing (becoming-ongoing)
KunstWerk, Cologne, Germany
2024
––––––––––––––– Other exhibition installation views ––––––––––––––
Ways of existing (becoming-ongoing)
KunstWerk, Cologne, Germany
2024