Hylomorphisms

Hylomorphism is the Aristotelian philosophical theory according to which substance is conceived as composed of two essential principles: matter and form. This is an intrinsic relationship where form reveals the mode of being of matter.

In my work, working with reclaimed materials has a formal and fundamentally discursive meaning. In previous projects, I have worked with the idea of ​​puzzles as fragments of information that, on their own, mean nothing; it is the totality of their parts that gives them meaning. When they are discarded for being incomplete, I reclaim them as building blocks. Similarly, the taps (plastic tubes and cones) are waste recovered from the textile industry. They have indistinct characteristics due to their mass production; they possess the resistance of a technically new material and the potential to construct consistent structures, and on a large scale.

I use both the puzzle pieces and the taps as building units that configure forms independent of their origin and that share very similar formal qualities. Both materials were discarded, have completed a cycle, and now exist as remnants that enable a new behavior of their matter, concept, and form. Matter cannot exist without form, and form cannot exist without matter; plastically, both can be modified according to the concept. My Hylomorphisms project is an intersection of materials, a conceptualization of ideas, and a construction of forms.