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Let a Colored Paper Swim in the Clouds

2025

Developed for a solo exhibition at Moro, Let a Colored Paper Swim in the Clouds continues the experiments begun in Transfer.

Colored paper is selected and a mold prepared, but the imagined form is only a beginning. Once white cement is poured, the materials undergo a transformation that remains hidden until the mold is opened. Color changes in unexpected ways, and the final shape cannot be fully controlled. Opening the mold brings the pleasure of discovering something that could not have been planned.

The paper is no longer there, yet its presence can still be felt. Its color has entered the cement, carrying something of their time together into the finished object.

Material
White cement, colored paper
Dimensions
Variable
Let a Colored Paper Swim in the Clouds, white cement work with color transferred from the paper Let a Colored Paper Swim in the Clouds, close-up of the paper texture transferred into the cement
Let a Colored Paper Swim in the Clouds, cement piece in the distorted shape of its mold Let a Colored Paper Swim in the Clouds, white cement, detail of the color transferred from the paper
Let a Colored Paper Swim in the Clouds, cement works installed at Moro Let a Colored Paper Swim in the Clouds, white cement and colored paper, top view
Let a Colored Paper Swim in the Clouds, exhibition view Let a Colored Paper Swim in the Clouds, detail of the white cement surface Let a Colored Paper Swim in the Clouds, close-up of the color transfer Let a Colored Paper Swim in the Clouds, white cement with colored paper