Ariadna Mavila
Vessel for a worm
Installation
2022
Found insulation foam board, tape, plaster, acrylic paint, baking soda, water, found tile, Loxechinus albus (sea urchin), Aulacomya atra (mussel), bread clip, silver coin, clay, serpentinite, coral, Chrysocolla, quartz, cowrie shells, Veneridae (Venus clams), Murex Trapa, bull horn ring, sea glass, strombidae (true conchs), Architectonica Perspectiva (Sundial Shell), Amazonite, blue Agate, Rhodonite, unidentified shells and stones.
Found insulation foam board, tape, plaster, acrylic paint, baking soda, water, found tile, Loxechinus albus (sea urchin), Aulacomya atra (mussel), bread clip, silver coin, clay, serpentinite, coral, Chrysocolla, quartz, cowrie shells, Veneridae (Venus clams), Murex Trapa, bull horn ring, sea glass, strombidae (true conchs), Architectonica Perspectiva (Sundial Shell), Amazonite, blue Agate, Rhodonite, unidentified shells and stones.2022
“Vessel for a Worm is a playful exploration of installation as self-portraiture, distilling my identity into a vessel designed to house a worm, recalling the time I hosted a botfly larva in my scalp. Surrounding this central narrative is a collection of objects dating back to 2002, each preserving a piece of my memory.”
Work by
Ariadna Mavila
Drawing & Painting
“Much of my work explores the theme of being mestiza and the experience of being caught in an "in-between" space. I was born in Peru, a country where the mixing of cultures is pervasive, yet the...” [More]