Phantom Limbs



—Bronze with thermo-optically aged patina.
—Metal base
—Variable dimensions
–2018–ongoing

[Installation shot at SuperSuper Like, Conde Duque, Madrid]



 For the production of these sculptures, Gil have made molds of the packaging normally used for the storage of electronic devices and household appliances. 

The foams of this packaging adapt ergonomically to the surfaces of the devices to protect them from possible impacts during transport, and it is precisely on this idea of ergonomics that I focus my formal research on it.  Gil transformed the reading of these foams —normally thrown in the recycling bin—, by casting them with noble metals used in the past for making durable stuff like silver, gold or copper. 

In this physical translation, images are generated in the negatives, the cavities and the interstices, images that are completely different from their originals. Through the analysis of a kind of mimesis between the natural world and that of man-made industrial objects, the artist focuses on the fragility of both electronic components and human bodies.
                 

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