(I) & (II) 

2024

The work Ángeles Caídos (Fallen Angels) is composed of two sawdust and debris carpets, which are imprinted with body-sized angel figures realized by the artist on site. Fallen Angel (I) and Fallen Angel (II) are made up of discarded wood found at the Nordwestbahnareal and the remains of Brut’s productions with dust and debris collected at brut Nordwest studios during the production of the exhibition Exactly As Imagined, transfiguring waste in primary material for art and directing the attention towards what’s left behind. Coming from the Honduran-catholic tradition of making alfombras de aserrín (sawdust carpets) for holy week processions, Ángeles Caídos becomes a secular act of devotion to matter at large. It brings together elements that were extracted, created or transformed, objects that were manufactured, used and abandoned in the specific context of a former good transportation station and in a broader context of capitalist logistics and imperialist infrastructures. Here, the fallen angels may be the humans and their ideology of never ending “progress”, who tried to master and indeed destroy the world. Or it may be the classic Western concept of “nature” as a gigantic and passive storage waiting to be exploited.

Presented at:

Fallen Angel (I) at brut nordwest studios, June 2024. As part of the exhibition Exactly As Imagined with the department of Site-Specific Art and Anne Faucheret. 

Fallen Angel (II) was part of the Performative Procession, starting at brut ending at Klima Biennale Wien 2024 Nordwestbahn Areal.