A Face that Toils so Close to Stones…
(2023)
‘A Face that Toils so Close to Stones…’ is the first half of an installation that continues with ‘…Is Already Stone Itself’.
This first part comprehends a series of boulders of different sizes ranging from 20 cm to 130 cm in diameter.
Mimicking Sisyphus perpetual struggle to push a rock uphill, I strived to make a boulder my size. Each iteration was an attempt to reach my own top of the hill, that is why I regard each "boulder" as an "ascension" followed by a number -the amount of times I built one-.
Ascension I
Ascension II
Ascension III
Ascension IV
Ascension V
The making process became a performance of what it takes to become stone myself, experimenting with different materials, finishes and scale each time. This body of work is a never-ending piece, a lifetime work in progress, just like Sisyphus eternal punishment, there are endless attempts, and due to its performatic nature, it might never be completed.
Ascension II and Ascension VI as shown in The Chapel, 2023 - the smallest and largest boulder of the series.
Ascension I
50 cm in diameter, paper mache, carborundum and blue acrylic paint. Ascension II
20 cm in diameter, paper mache, carborundum and lithograph. Ascension III
42 cm in diameter, paper mache, carborundum and typewritten Kitakata paper. Ascension IV
60 cm in diameter, paper mache, carborundum and lithographs. Ascension V
35 cm in diameter, paper mache, carborundum and red acrylic paint. Ascension VI
130 cm in diameter, paper mache, carborundum and lithographs.