Roots and branches are at the same level in the process of organizing ones thinking according to Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. They propose this metaphor, originally taken from biology, as a rhizomatic way of thinking. The rhizome, like a root system, is so fertile that it may sprout in many different places at the … Continue reading
Let’s start with Xu Bing’s pieces Cultural Animal from 1994 and his earlier work A Case Study of Transference from the previous year. Two works that confront us with the brutal collision between two cultures. Cultural Animal presents us with an even more harsh reality than its predecessor when the artist replaces the female pig … Continue reading
Every other week a Puerto Rican toad called Sapo Concho, that is on the verge of extinction appears on my street squashed and crispy. Seeing el sapo concho thin as paper in front of my house is priceless. It is as if nature is offering me prime material to work with. Their deadly business is … Continue reading
