Printmaking:
BRANQUES DE TINTA
(Ink Branches)
Print collection inspired by ‘Pagésiques’, a book of poems by Catalan author Perejaume. This project translates poetic metaphors into a visual dialogue between literature and graphic art.
I love these poems because they speak to me about connection, with the environment and with oneself. In particular, I enjoy the ones that talk about trees, their possible feelings and intentions, and how they relate to their surroundings and to us.
When people talk about ‘nature’, I usually feel that there is a sense of ‘otherness’ in the term, as if it was something different from us. As if we were somehow superior because our capacity for observation and reasoning was above the earth’s silent and mysterious being.
Perejaume's poems break with that sense of ‘otherness’. He observes, listens and dialogues with the nature he belongs to. He manages to translate the language of the ‘plant world’ to the human, and helps us, the urbanites, to get a sense of connection to our natural environment. It reminds me that we are one together with everything else, that each single thing and person belongs, even if we express ourselves in different ways.
THE TECHNIQUE
Hand-pulled Linocut. This print medium involves hand-carving blocks with specialized tools. Each piece is individually inked and pressed onto acid-free paper, celebrating the organic texture and the deliberate pace of traditional craftsmanship.
VIDEO
EXHIBITION
Llibreria Documenta
Pau Claris, 144, Barcelona, Spain
Nov 2023 to Jan 2024
