telas terrestres terrestrial fabrics: Under the volcanoes cloth
This project started as an experiment using topographic terrestial mounds made from cloth together with glass disks, under the open sky, remembering experiences with volcanoes near Mexico City; PopocatépetlI, Iztaccíhuatl, also known as La Mujer Dormida and El Nevado de Toluca. Working with references within the 'conquest of space' in a sculptural and historical sense, capturing the essence of such a vast mass within the parameter of a single piece of cloth, but also how experiences of real known places evolves into an illusory language in the poetics of discovery. As a magician pulls the cloth away to reveal that an object has disappeared it became a challenge in describing the volume and fluidity of matter within a fabric 'skin' and give credibility to the weight of the mass underneath the cloth. As a child it was always fascinating to pass mountains and volcanoes on the road, the excitement always accompanied with a deep urge to go beyond the surface of what we see to find something previously unknown.
The disks and mounds in my experiments reflect the sky, clouds, trees and sun. I made a small installation in an underground space (Shunt) that had no natural light at all-- I projected films of sky, cloud and sun into the consciousness of the suffocating dark space, presenting it as if it were a natural phenomena created in the space itself.
