The installation El Agua de Niebla is a giant hammock, hand-woven by several families from the Mayapán village in Mexico. Composed of 72,000 metres of thread, the hammock unfolds to 41 metres in length. The scale of the traditional hammock is increased, thus creating a strange collective territory. The curved shape drawn by the sheer weight of the textile reveals an intrinsic force at work, that of gravity, which defines and shapes the piece. El Agua De Niebla draws its name from the nets cast by farmers in the Chilean mountains, used to collect water from clouds for crop irrigation.
Exhibition on the occasion of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche - Toronto: Exhibition A, Off To A Flying Start, curated by French curator Ami Barak, and on view on October 5, 2013 (sunset to sunrise).