EL RESTO/Body of work/Paper Towers
2020
Body of Work was born out of work experience as a receptionist in a paper manufacturing company. The title refers to the result of creative activity, as well as designating a person employed in a job. The origin of the project is a series of small-format drawings scribbled in my spare time at the reception desk with pieces of paper I was given. The name Paper Towers came about first as a joke about the name of the company, and then as a reflection on the concept of individualisation. In psychological terms, a tower is a metaphor for the self. It symbolises the functional identity that enables interaction with the environment precisely because it delimits the particular. It is complete and indivisible. As an architectural element, a tower must be solid, durable and fulfil a function of self-defence, whereas paper is a soft, fragile and receptive material. Paper Towers is posed as a question. It is an attempt to find out the role and value of modest narratives within the structures of the professional world and an attempt to find a personal space and value. Later, this body of work was renamed El Resto, in reference to the title of Jacques Derrida's book "Given Time".
Tympaniser.Graphite on paper. A4
Desperate times / Trade.Graphite on paper. A4
El Contar Produce Números. Graphite on paper. A4
S/T. Graphite on paper. A4