Somos, We Are

Silk Cocoons, Silk Thread, and Walnut Wood.

The rodalina, a natural structure formed by the leaves of the mulberry plant, is the home where the silk worm weaves its process of encasement, transforming into a chrysalis that holds the promise of new life. This specific group, united by the silk thread, is a collective from the Colombian territory, where the materiality of the thread symbolizes the affective connections that entwine us with nature and others, inviting us to coexist in a dance of differences. The house, supported by walnut wood, becomes a place of transition, transformation, where the rodalina and silk thread remind us that S0mOs (WE ARE) part of a whole, and that in the beauty of difference, there are bonds that unite us regardless of form, revealing the profound interconnection between nature, matter, and humanity.

The beauty of the world lies in the differences that unite us. My work brings together silk and hair, materials that reveal their transformation and disappearance, showcasing the beauty of impermanence and the multiplicity of existence. In the structure and DNA of these materials, we find the biological part that unites us, a genetic code that replicates and transforms into a collective.

As an artist, I position myself from within, I am the connecting thread, the bridge that unites. My perspective is from within, from the heart of the work, where the essence of what S0mOs (WE ARE)is found. In this entanglement, we find the essence of what S0mOs (WE ARE): a set of relationships, a network of life that is constantly woven and unwoven, a flow of energy and matter that connects and transforms us.