Residency Mexico City 2022

the following works were created during my residency at casa lu in Mexico City 2022

fibres of copper, twisted
copper

notations a
natural fabric, copper, steel

notations b
natural fabric, copper, steel

notations c
natural fabric, copper, steel

the relation of each
Installation: natural fabric, copper, steel

In her notations series, Melanie Ender has interlaced copper wire into the grid of a natural fabric, like metallic threads on a loom that cross over and under, making sudden halts and careful angles. Sometimes, a curve will edge its way towards the border of the textile plane, only to go beyond it in a nimble curve. In these notations, a choreographic sensibility runs through assemblages where no element can be separated from another. Each material performs something beyond its contours or functionality, for they are not treated as a means to an end or a static element. In Melanie Ender’s work, matter is the site of activeness. (…)

Excerpt from an Essay by Mariel Vela García

the relation of various matter
volcanic rock, steel, plaster, wood, chipboard

the relation of various matter
driftwood, wood, chipboard

the relation of various matter
steel, glass, lichen, wood, chipboard

the relation of various matter
charcoal, steel, wood, chipboard