First Days of Uqbar
Mirrors, metal, and plants
365 x 91 x 91 cm (approx.)
12 x 3 x 3 ft (approx.)
Edition of 3
Geary Gallery, New York, 2016
This installation at Geary Contemporary Gallery, in the group show curated by Matthew Nichols - Heliotropes - was the beginning of what could potentially be an ever-growing work. It connected three elements: the structure, the mirrors, and the plant. In this mechanism, the mirror would alter the direction of the plant’s growth, which would need more structure to keep growing forward; the structure would carry more mirrors, which would keep altering the plant’s growth direction, and so forth.
Mirrors, metal, and plants
365 x 91 x 91 cm (approx.)
12 x 3 x 3 ft (approx.)
Edition of 3
Geary Gallery, New York, 2016
This installation at Geary Contemporary Gallery, in the group show curated by Matthew Nichols - Heliotropes - was the beginning of what could potentially be an ever-growing work. It connected three elements: the structure, the mirrors, and the plant. In this mechanism, the mirror would alter the direction of the plant’s growth, which would need more structure to keep growing forward; the structure would carry more mirrors, which would keep altering the plant’s growth direction, and so forth.
Measure of Dispersion (2014-ongoing) is a series of sculptural installations that aim to amplify and manipulate the spectator’s field of vision. Made from concave and convex mirrors of many sizes that Prado attaches to industrial metal structures, the sculptures create something akin to an anti-camera that reconfigures the viewer’s vantage point and amplifies notions of (dis)location.
Rather than capturing a specific moment like a camera, the mirrors reflect a fragmented body seen from uncontrollable angles and different points in space simultaneously. The resulting viewer experience is a challenge to the impulse to project preconceived assumptions onto what we see: we are made to test our sense of familiarity with our surroundings and, more importantly, with ourselves.
Rather than capturing a specific moment like a camera, the mirrors reflect a fragmented body seen from uncontrollable angles and different points in space simultaneously. The resulting viewer experience is a challenge to the impulse to project preconceived assumptions onto what we see: we are made to test our sense of familiarity with our surroundings and, more importantly, with ourselves.
