conversaciones

 The four pieces in the series were created during "conversations" with my great uncle. I describe them as such because the dialogue we could share was often undirectional and layered with past and present, due to his cognitive decline. With his sculptures surrounding us, in the house he himself made, I was reminded of how he loved to tell me of the special capacity that paper has to hold memory, to remember. During our "conversations" filled with memories marked in his life, and a memory being marked in my own, I folded paper in forms inspired by his creations. This final series come from these moments, letting the paper remember them in the marked folds and slices that cannot be undone and hold the memory of their own experience.  

Las cuatro piezas de la serie se crearon durante "conversaciones" con mi tío. Las describo así porque, debido a su deterioro cognitivo, el diálogo que podíamos compartir era a menudo unidireccional y con capas de pasado y presente.

Con sus esculturas rodeándonos, en la casa que él mismo diseñó, recordé cómo le gustaba hablarme de la capacidad especial que tiene el papel para retener la memoria, para recordar. Durante nuestras conversaciones llenas de recuerdos marcados en su vida, y un recuerdo marcado en la mía, doblé papel en formas inspiradas en sus creaciones. Esta serie final surge de esos momentos, dejando que el papel los recuerde en los pliegues y cortes marcados que no se pueden deshacer y guardan el recuerdo de su propia experiencia.