Work carried out for the Production and Monitoring Exhibition Workshop coordinated by Alejandra Mizrahi and Sandro Pereira.

December / 2.012

 

"... I am layer upon layer of different things, woman, mother, daughter, sister, granddaughter, partner, lover, friend, architect, student ...

Layers that make me, hold me, release me, support me... Layers that overlap, mix,  and merge into the same story: MY PRESENT.

The common thread, a story of EMPTINESS.

 

EMPTINESS to be filled, to be occupied, to be populated, to be temporarily inhabited. The temporary as a state of continuous transformation.

 

EMPTY bodies/

EMPTY urban spaces /

symbolic EMPTINESS

 

Turns out these three layers tell, show, and describe MY PRESENT: 

 

_when pregnant: my uterus, the EMPTY body that fills and completes me with a human being that requires daily heparin injections to keep alive. Temporary occupation of my body.

 

_as an architect: vacant lots, these EMPTY urban spaces that are filled and completed with injections of action. Temporary and ephemeral occupations of private space to be used as public space.

 

_as a metaphor: air bubbles, this symbolic EMPTINESS filled and completed with color injections. Color that symbolizes life. The connection between the other two levels. Temporary occupations until someone can't resist the temptation to pop the bubbles to calm their anxiety.

 

My TODAY, injecting LIFE..."