Work | Stella Rahola Matutes

reconsidering craftwork historically developed by men

I start from artisanship as a sustainable

productive

collaborative

and memory-related process

I embrace the challenge of bodily experiencing the possibilities of making as a way to renew the relationship with our material culture

bleixa matèria

hexàgons de carboni

nitrat d'argent

pols de grafit

i Ferrocianur

fertilitzant

boro silici

calent i bufo insuflo

fins ser una altra

through complex,

physically demanding,

and almost alchemical processes

I embody hands and body as knowledge capabilities

subverting these practices to their limits

to a state of material transformation
to reach a point of awkward fragility
to accentuate its life cycle
to dispel the ontological binary of life and matter

al Sol, el Vidre

sabó-tinta-xinesa

ramificant

peces fallides

fragilitat incòmoda

res és més res

sustenta vida

fracassos romanents

tracen l’ocult

en un contínuum,

en transformació,

al alè pròxim

forces and affections of materials

and also their cultural connotations

and also their development in the construction of our spaces landscape appears as a consistent reference

related to first-hand observations of my geographical environment

as an osmotic absorbency of the contexts where I work.

otherworldly blown glass pieces reflecting on technologically alienated skyscrapers

globalisation and loss of cultural identity
the contrast between their ultra-modern appearance

and the actual traditional and disused procedures with which they are obtained

invites questions about the ethical emergency and moral nihilism of our time