Lina Vargas De La Hoz
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| Bild_Relativ 2004 Dimensions Variable Metal, pins |
1984 2004 18"x0.7" Linden Wood |
Begehebarergang (Hall_you_may_walk_through) 2005 Dimensions Variable Latex gloves, wire, nylon cord Photographer: Norbert Artner |
38-102 2007 Dimensions Variable Dressform, latex, fabric |
Lichft 2007 Metal 4'x6', Plexiglass 2.6'x6.5' Elevator, Plexiglass, Fluorescent lamps, metal base |
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| Pull_Over 2008 16"x16" Knitted blue sweaters |
Pull_Over 2008 16"x16" Knitted blue sweaters |
Umziehen_Umzug 2008 Dimensions Variable Impermeable fabric, plastic bars |
Umziehen_Umzug 2008 Dimensions Variable Impermeable fabric, plastic bars |
Umziehen_Umzug 2008 Dimensions Variable Impermeable fabric, plastic bars |
Artist's information
Lina Vargas De La Hoz statement
Artist Statement
Space is a phenomenon between the perception through the senses and the personal interpretation of those impulses.
My recent work are installations that reflect about the concept of space and objects that become spaces. In every case the work needs the human body as basic ingredient to be complete and is based on the idea of the space in constant movement, mutation, ambivalence and connection with oder spaces. Therefore I decided to use garments as material, they need the relation with the body to be transformed into spaces that are flexible and/or in movement.
The subject of mobilization is intrinsic to my recent work. I am conscious of the many negative aspects that cause the migration and the difficult thing that it is to be a migrant. But from my privileged point of view I reflect about migration through the history and in a global way. When we think about the nomadic human history and the economic globalization of the present, it is clear that migration is a natural strategy for survival; we go where we think to be safer, where we find a job, where physical and emotionally we feel better. Humans are still in transit today.
My work is an experiment between the object and the space, between the individual and the collective, the naturally and the problematic of migration, between the convenience and the pleasure of space.