Title: MiCrOEXISTENCIA – Living and participatory work
Year: 2024
Technique: MDF, paint, clock and computer microparts, tweezers and wires. Plotter cut vinyl text
Size: Base 72 cm diameter x 4 cm high; 2 m x 2 m from floor to ceiling
References: Theory U
Colombia, 1974. She holds a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from the University of Los Andes and a degree in Industrial Design from the Pontifical Xavierian University, both in Bogotá, her city of origin. She holds a Master’s degree in Fine Arts with an emphasis on creativity from the Utrecht School of the Arts in the Netherlands.
She has opened 12 solo exhibitions to the public and has participated in over 50 group shows since 2004, when she went into art full-time. Her works have been exhibited in Norway, Cuba, Peru, Chile, Turkey, the United States, the Netherlands, Venezuela, England, and Colombia.
She was the recipient of the Colfuturo scholarship, the Ministry of Culture scholarship for the Casa Tres Patios residency, and has taken part in the HAWAPI Residencies. Her pieces are part of renowned national and international art collections.
MiCrOEXISTENCIA is a living and participatory work inspired in the way human beings are articulated within the framework of politics, understanding this word as the way social group is self-organized to achieve common goals. The installation is made up of a circular base with three powerful magnets and hundreds of tiny metal pieces , which formerly were part of clocks or electrical devices. There are also five tweezers and a magnifying glass. However, what truly encapsulates the magic of the work is the magnetic force that becomes a metaphor for different interests shared by people: love, money, survival, religions, climate change, etc. “Living Works”, as I have coined and defined the platforms I open to audience participation, are framed within relational art, where interpersonal interactions take precedence over materials, with the latter serving as the excuse or means for “something” to happen. A Living Work depends on, is created, and is modified by the will of those who are part of it, their feelings, their decisions. It is a changing social sculpture that leaves room for chance, egos, failure, decision-making, dialogue, and shared reflections.
These proposals serve as games, both of which present to types of freedom: the first comes when one decides whether or not to take part in the experience; the second is the freedom that each participant has to act as they wish, within a framework of action with predetermined rules and forces. This condition allows, both in games and in Living Works, for the end results to be different and unique each time. They are proposals created for the audience to go beyond mere spectators and become actors and co-authors of the work.
