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Ensaio sobre meu corpo e minha obra Há um instante em que já não sei onde começa a obra e onde termino eu. Os fios que me acompanham desde sempre se erguem como extensões da pele, linhas que desenham minha história — às vezes suaves, outras vezes tortas e desobedientes, pulsando com a vida que carrego. Minha arte nasce desse encontro entre aquilo que sou e aquilo que escapa de mim. Ela me envolve, me acolhe, me veste. É corpo que se desdobra em matéria; matéria que retorna ao corpo, numa fusão em que já não se distinguem gesto e alma. As cores e as formas se espalham como raízes em busca de terra, água e sombra. São organismos que crescem sem mapa, guiados por uma lógica íntima e flexível, capaz de se transformar com o tempo, com o desejo e com as circunstâncias que me atravessam. Trabalho com o que é simples: roupas antigas, linhas comuns, materiais cotidianos, técnicas que nascem das mãos. Mas aquilo que emerge é único, irrepetível — como se cada peça fosse um fragmento arrancado de minhas entranhas, uma forma que só pudesse existir porque eu existo. Meu trabalho é também uma maneira de compreender o corpo: seus limites, suas marcas, suas memórias e suas possibilidades de transformação. O fio torna-se extensão do gesto, o gesto torna-se pensamento, e o pensamento encontra na matéria uma forma de permanecer. Minha arte não imita a vida. Ela a germina. Ela a prolonga. Ela a transforma. E, em cada fio que se estende para além de mim, deixo uma parte do meu corpo, da minha memória e daquilo que ainda estou me tornando.

Filiform sculptures Material: iron wire, fabrics, assorted threads Size: depends on the desired composition; the one in the photo measures 120 × 60 cm date: 2024

detail Filiform sculptures Material: iron wire, fabrics, assorted threads Size: depends on the desired composition; the one in the photo measures 120 × 60 cm date: 2024

Filiform sculptures Material: iron wire, fabrics, assorted threads Size: depends on the desired composition; the one in the photo measures 120 × 40 cm date: 2024

Filiform sculptures Material: iron wire, fabrics, assorted threads Size: depends on the desired composition; the one in the photo measures 140 × 60 cm date: 2010

Filiform sculptures Material: iron wire, fabrics, assorted threads Size: depends on the desired composition; the one in the photo measures 130 × 100 cm date: 2010

Filiform sculptures Material: iron wire, fabrics, assorted threads Size: depends on the desired composition; the one in the photo measures 130 × 100 cm date: 2010

Filiform sculptures Material: iron wire, fabrics, assorted threads Size: depends on the desired composition; the one in the photo measures 130 × 100 cm date: 2010

Filiform sculptures Material: iron wire, fabrics, assorted threads Size: depends on the desired composition; the one in the photo measures 100 × 100 cm date: 2010

Filiform sculptures Material: iron wire, fabrics, assorted colorful ribbons Size: depends on the desired composition; the one in the photo measures 70 × 100 cm date: 2009

Filiform sculptures Material: iron wire, fabrics, assorted colorful ribbons Size: depends on the desired composition; the one in the photo measures 70 × 100 cm date: 2009

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Filiforme

This investigation began in 2009, inspired by Líneas de color, the pictorial series created in the 1990s by Catalan artist Robert Llimós. His work is characterized by the way he synthesizes figures, drawing them directly into space with segments of colored lines set against monochrome or near-monochrome fields—surfaces that he often constructs through gestural strokes themselves. This approach to line as a spatial, almost sculptural gesture sparked my desire to extend drawing beyond the two-dimensional plane.

From this starting point, I began exploring how the line could inhabit physical space, not as something to be merely contemplated, but as something participants could activate. Conceived as forms that can “dress” the body, define space, or interact with furniture, these filiform structures do not merely capture movement: they invite it. Composed of wire and recycled textiles, they oscillate between suspension and support, encouraging viewers to reposition certain elements and, through this interaction, co-create new sculptural configurations.

Movement unfolds in the supple linear traces that expand through space; in the shifting geometries produced by each gesture of participation; and in my own path as a migrant artist, where each displacement becomes a line, a mark, and an opening into new territories of creation.