Florencia Rothschild

Trastienda presents the exhibition To Become a Vessel [Volverse Vasija] by Florencia Rothschild.

Fragmented bodies, hyper-contorted, deforming, constructing other forms, from where I question the idea of the individual, giving rise to a collective body and new individualities. Returning to the body-clay connection and existential concerns, becoming a vessel is a dialogue with the material and creative process, where reflections are embodied in silhouettes that express the experience of being alive. Clay and its plasticity teach us that in this life if you're not flexible, you break, that one must be open to the magic of transformation and the alchemy of fire and water.

The physical contortions of the characters I illustrate are mirrored in that mud that is modeled and models us. "To Become a Vessel" [Volverse Vasija] is a homage to that ancestral object inherent to our experience, a utilitarian, symbolic object that contains a void inviting exploration. Like a bowl to rest in eternity but also as a receptacle of life, from where to offer oneself for what is to come.

— Florencia Rothschild