Mirage and Penetration (2016)
Mirage and Penetration is a contemporary take on landscape inspired by the 19th Century engravings made by European travelers in South America, intended to reveal a new and mysterious world to be discovered. The series explores the relationship between landscape and architecture and how historical representations of landscape can be reinterpreted when reshaped into a different medium that turns them from being two-dimensional images to large-scale 3D pieces. Each piece reproduces an engraving by laser cutting large wood sheets. The sheets are then embedded into the drywall of the gallery, thus resembling lattices that divide the space and highlight the architectural structure of the space they are exhibited in.