
Nomadic shelter for when the world turns hostile, 2016. Sculpture: wood and lether, 140 x 140 x 150 cm. At Body Architectures, curated by Marisol Salanova, Aravaca Cultural Center, Madrid, Spain, 2016.
Nomadic shelter for when the world turns hostile is a project that reflects, on the one hand, on the human need for shelter and protection, and on the other hand, on the burden that the socially accepted responsibility of the house implies for women. This piece is created in a context of displacement, where when you arrive in a new territory, leaving your home behind, you discover that you have no space to call home. The spaces you inhabit have a temporal perspective. You assume these transitional spaces, while the uncertainty of reality pushes further and further away the perspective of finding your own space to call home in this new territory. At times the new territory becomes hostile because its inhabitants do not recognise you as an equal and see you as an other. At the same time, this displacement has been a runaway from home, a runaway from certain social conventions related to home that I was not willing to follow. Because the home, although it is a space of protection, is also a space full of socially accepted responsibilities that fall on women. Despite the distance, the social weight of the home, unconsciously, I continue to carry it on my shoulders.

Nomadic shelter for when the world turns hostile I, 2016. Photography printed on Hahnemüle paper, 40 x 26 cm.

Nomadic shelter for when the world turns hostile II, 2016. Photography printed on Hahnemüle paper, 40 x 26 cm.

Nomadic shelter for when the world turns hostile III, 2016. Photography printed on Hahnemüle paper, 40 x 26 cm.

Nomadic shelter for when the world turns hostile IV, 2016. Photography printed on Hahnemüle paper, 40 x 26 cm.

Nomadic shelter for when the world turns hostile, 2016. Sketch.