Title: Life
Year: 2024
Technique: Sculpted ice
Size: 55 x 220 x 30 cm
Intervention of an ephemeral work
Chile, 1980. Visual artist and editor. His work has been showcased in different countries in South America and Europe, including exhibitions at the Edgar Neville Gallery and IVAM in Valencia, and solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Santiago, CENTEX in Valparaíso and collective projects at the Museum of Fine Arts, at the Biennial of Media Arts, and at the Art Center in Cerrilos.
His work is part of different state, institutional and private collections.
He has served as director and coordinator of the BACO project and general editor of Adrede Editora.
Water as a driving force for life is the world is addressed through ice by artist Daniel Reyes León. The piece belongs to a series covering different concepts such as “Life”, “Ethics”, and “Silent”, which are placed on public streets and exposed to temperatures that lead them to melt in time, while recorded through photographs and audiovisual means.
The transformation from ice to water to vapor urges us to reflect on the water crisis and climate change, calling for environmental preservation and constant concern over water, a resource that is private in Chile and mainly used by corporations, regardless of the needs of many communities.
