Textile graphic notations (Playa Lirios/El Crater, Fajardo), 2025
Linen, cotton and rayon, Rhizophora mangle tannins, soy milk, copper. Variable dimensions (approx. 4’ x 5’)
Linen, cotton and rayon, Rhizophora mangle tannins, soy milk, copper. Variable dimensions (approx. 4’ x 5’)
Objects, 2025
Stoneware, wild clay, local minerals, coconut palm fronds and fabric, Rhizophora mangle (red mangrove) roots, silver, drawings (paper and charcoal). Variable dimensions.
Stoneware, wild clay, local minerals, coconut palm fronds and fabric, Rhizophora mangle (red mangrove) roots, silver, drawings (paper and charcoal). Variable dimensions.
"A walk along the boardwalk of the lagoon brought Carola closer to the mangrove community. Among the many pieces of information they shared with her, she noticed the quality that red mangrove leaves possess of dyeing the lagoon water when their presence is abundant. This happens because they release tannins that act as a coloring dye.
The idea of dyeing with mangrove leaves—beyond the final form the textile takes—intends a relational process; A sense of collaboration between the maker, the cotton that sustains the warp and weft, the mangrove leaves that dye, the sun and salt that nourish the mangrove, ad infinitum in cycles of life and death.
The series of objects, mostly ceramic, function as instruments; they don't exist to be seen merely, but to be activated and invite us to a sensory experience. They are meant to be struck, or to be moved like the ebb and flow of the wind, to be held carefully in the hands and brought close to our ears as when we hold a seashell: in these ceramics vibrate the murmur of the sea and the sediments of time, now offered to you as a gift. The objects were molded using various soils from this archipelago (some from the Fajardo region itself) and together offer a sampler of the soils that nourish and sustain life." (Mauricio Marcin, Curator)
instrument(o):07 (Rhizophora mangle), 2025
Copper, electronics, Rhizophora mangle charcoal, local earth and sand.
Variable dimensions (approx. 14’ x 8’ x 4’)
Copper, electronics, Rhizophora mangle charcoal, local earth and sand.
Variable dimensions (approx. 14’ x 8’ x 4’)
"The mobile sculpture arises from the observation of the forms of the red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle) that inhabit the Cabezas de San Juan Nature Reserve. The aerial roots of these trees grow from the trunk into the water and the mangrove substrate.
The mimicry of the mangrove moves with the trade winds that enter the building and draws on the earth collected in the region: an ephemeral, constantly changing trace created in a close relationship between the wind, the sculpture, and the earth.
The mimicry of the mangrove moves with the trade winds that enter the building and draws on the earth collected in the region: an ephemeral, constantly changing trace created in a close relationship between the wind, the sculpture, and the earth.
In the central copper tube that supports the sculpture, Carola inserted a microphone that amplifies the sound of the wind entering the sculpture and allows us to hear this subtle, invisible passage. This mechanism is reminiscent of mangrove lenticels, openings in their roots that provide a respiratory function.
The paper drawings were created by the wind on the beach, using hanging copper tools and charcoal." (Mauricio Marcin, Curator)
