P002 → C for Care

    C for Care makes reference to an homonymous video published by Thom Van Dooren and in response to his book Flight Ways: Life and Loss at the End of Extinction, both instances in which he reflects through storytelling on how can we open ourselves to be affected by others and their death. How we can confront the disappearance not only of animals and particularly birds, but also the disappearance of their relations and rituals with others species including our own. Borrowing from Donna Haraway’s understanding of care as a not exclusively positive or neutral action towards others, Van Dooren discuss in chapter 4 the violent-care human beings provide to Whooping Cranes in a attempt to restore their migration routes using human resources and many times the sacrifice of other species like the Sandhill Crane. In my own reflection around the conceptions of Care, of belonging, on migration and movement, and on the disorientation of not knowing where home is  I created this body of work.  


C for Care, 2025, hand built glazed ceramic, blanket, welded metal structure, poplar. Installation View.
C for Care, 2025, hand built glazed ceramic, blanket, welded metal structure, poplar. Installation View.
C for Care, 2025, hand built glazed ceramic, blanket, welded metal structure, poplar. Installation View.

Birchwood Bath (The Virgin Spring), 2025, Oil on Panel, 36 in x 24 in.

Birchwood Bath (The Virgin Spring), 2025, Oil on Panel, poplar pile, 36 in x 24 in.




Sur o no sur, 2025, hand built glazed ceramic, industrial ceramic tiles made in USA, 8 in x 6 in x 6 in . Detail.




Sur o no sur (South or No South), 2025, hand built glazed ceramic, industrial ceramic tiles made in USA, Variable dimensions.






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