Río Revuelto
Acrylic on canvas
150 x 150cm
Water particles, when turbulent, become sensitive to both other molecules and their environment, which results in a coordinated auto-generated response. This is similar to the kind of order seen when a large group of people accommodate organically and without explicitly agreeing to it, when walking through a narrow path or tunnel. We coordinate our movements without verbal communication. Similar forms of spontaneous order are also seen in climatic events, birds, fish, and other complex environments like the stock exchange.
Acrylic on canvas
150 x 150cm
There have been consistent efforts to control and domesticate the flow of rivers with the help of infrastructure works like dams, canals, and sewers, that aim to redirect, reduce floods, or even change the direction of the flow of the river. While some of these engineering works might be useful, water finds its way to break through them. It does so by remembering the places where it used to flow or by finding its way out, flooding and changing in shape.
These works are not meant to resemble water, but to learn from water movements.
