LIGA 10: Luis Aldrete
Mock up of a common place
August – October 2013
As in all of Luis Aldrete’s projects, his intervention at LIGA starts from a deep interest in tangible objects, materials and experiences. The patio of his office in Guadalajara shows us the anonymous sources and references that are key elements that define a personal language, and the inclusion of physical memory is crucial in the materialization of his work.
At the gallery he uses plain formwork, earth, vegetation and mirrors, to submerge a small garden into the mass of earth: an architecture that is anchored deeply in an undeniable telluric condition, intimately related to a material universe. The access to this hidden oasis generates expectations, displacements and tensions that immerse us in a contemplative micro-universe. There, the infinite repetition produced by the mirrors creates an illusory space that reveals the spatial possibilities and sensibilities implicit in the daily world around us.
Photography: Luis Gallardo
