LOST LUGGAGE

A man and three children posed within an airplane-shaped black suitcase sculpture, surrounded by small personal objects and toys arranged along its wings and body.

LOST LUGGAGE is a project that links installation and photography. The centerpiece is an airplane-shaped case, designed similarly to musical instrument cases but on a larger scale. This becomes the migratory housing scenario, created for entire families from different social strata, images of deep symbolic significance that will have the metaphorical opportunity to travel within it through the photographic document. In the same way, the project goes beyond the notion of physical departure resulting from the migratory phenomenon, as it alludes to ideas or concepts that accompany emigrants and give way to the emergence of new ones in the place they left.

LOST LUGGAGE was born from the experience of suffering constant frustration or the impossibility of traveling freely. I know people who, metaphorically, ask me to get into my suitcases so they can travel with me. This inspired the idea of creating an airplane-shaped suitcase, built like those traditional cases, but designed for people, stories, or objects that, in some way, need to travel as a means of communication. In essence, it is about creating luggage where freedom travels in different concepts.

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EQUIPAJE PERDIDO

Lost Luggage es un proyecto que vincula la instalación y la fotografía. La pieza central es un estuche con forma de avión, diseñado similar al de los instrumentos musicales, pero de grandes dimensiones. Este se convierte en el escenario habitáculo migratorio, creado para familias completas, de diferentes estratos sociales, imágenes de profunda significación simbólica que tendrán la oportunidad metafórica de viajar dentro de él a través del documento fotográfico. De igual modo, el proyecto va más allá de la noción de partida física a raíz del fenómeno migratorio pues, hace alusión a ideas o conceptos que se marchan con las personas que emigran y dan paso al surgimiento de nuevos en el sitio que dejaron.

EQUIPAJE PERDIDO nació de la experiencia de sufrir una frustración constante o la imposibilidad de viajar libremente. Conozco gente que, metafóricamente, me pide meterse en mis maletas para poder viajar conmigo. Esto me inspiró la idea de crear una maleta con forma de avión, construida como esos estuches tradicionales, pero diseñada para personas, historias u objetos que, de alguna manera, necesitan viajar como medio de comunicación. En esencia, se trata de crear un equipaje donde la libertad viaja en diferentes conceptos.

Photography

Overhead photograph of a nude woman lying in wet sand shaped into the silhouette of a jetliner, her body forming the fuselage and her raised arms tucked into the nose.
Deserted II, 2022 | Photographic print / cloth & aluminum | 200 × 200 cm
Overhead photograph of a jetliner silhouette formed entirely from small yellow and tan seeds or shell fragments, resting on a dark reflective surface.
Uninhabited, 2022 | Photographic print / cloth & aluminum | 200 × 200 cm
Overhead photograph of a shirtless man and three children arranged inside a black fabric jetliner silhouette, surrounded by toy cars, a crucifix, tools, and a bottle of rum tucked along the wings and fuselage.
El Piki from Cerro and his children, 2022 | Photographic print / cloth & aluminum | 200 × 200 cm
Overhead photograph of a glossy black jetliner silhouette cast as a single smooth sculptural form, reflecting light along its curved fuselage and wings.
Lost luggage case, 2022 | Photographic print / cloth & aluminum | 200 × 200 cm
Overhead photograph of a jetliner silhouette encrusted with small pale sprouted seeds or grains glowing under warm light, set against a dark rippled surface.
Aerial View of Faith on Flames, 2022 | Photographic print / cloth & aluminum | 200 × 200 cm
Overhead photograph of a jetliner silhouette built from dozens of stacked, interlocking manual typewriters, their keys and carriages forming the fuselage and wings.
Indescriptible, 2022 | Photographic print / cloth & aluminum | 200 × 200 cm
Overhead photograph of a jetliner silhouette formed from rippling blue satin fabric, its folds catching light against a black background.
The Silk Road, 2022 | Photographic print / cloth & aluminum | 200 × 200 cm
Overhead photograph of a woman in a white dress holding a baby and a bouquet of sunflowers, lying within a blue satin jetliner silhouette edged with dozens of clear glass cups and bowls.
Mother of All Those Who Leave, 2022 | Photographic print / cloth & aluminum | 200 × 200 cm
Overhead photograph of a jetliner silhouette assembled from toy cars, model airplanes, and engine parts, with a grinning Pinocchio doll standing at its center.
The Greatest of the Heroes, 2022 | Photographic print / cloth & aluminum | 200 × 200 cm
Overhead photograph of a man in a blue jumpsuit lying within a jetliner silhouette built from toy cars, model planes, and engine parts, holding a small model airplane across his chest.
Carlitos Superhero, 2022 | Photographic print / cloth & aluminum | 200 × 200 cm
Overhead photograph of a jetliner silhouette formed from dozens of old books bundled with twine, their colored covers filling the fuselage and wings.
Deep Ideas Tied to the Surface , 2022 | Photographic print / cloth & aluminum | 200 × 200 cm
Overhead photograph of a man in a black KISS band T-shirt lying within a jetliner silhouette built entirely from hand tools and power tools, arms outstretched along the wings.
Yuri the astronaut, 2022 | Photographic print / cloth & aluminum | 200 x 200 cm

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