Immersion

Constructed for the 13th Havana Biennial as an architectural form with reflective surfaces and chromatic filters, the work operates at the intersection of art, the science of perception, and contemporary spirituality. Upon entering this optical device, the viewer finds themselves simultaneously inside and outside the urban environment: Havana’s Malecón becomes a visual echo, multiplied and transfigured, while light, color, and atmosphere blur the boundaries between interior and exterior, matter and energy, time and contemplation.

From a phenomenological perspective , the installation invites us to experience space as an event: the reflection of the body, the city, and the light on the mirror produces a dissolution of the self, a decentering that opens us to the experience of the everyday sublime. The use of cyan-tinted glass creates an intermediate layer between the gaze and reality, evoking a heightened plane of consciousness, where the real acquires the quality of vision.

Immersion thus proposes a pause in the acceleration of the world, a space-time to stop, observe oneself, and dissolve into the vastness of the surroundings. The work functions as a meditative portal: a threshold between the visible city and the inner city , between the historical outside and the poetic inside. Its existential vocation : it summons presence, silence, and openness to the intangible.

Immersion is a large-scale perceptual installation that transforms public space into a sensory, physical, and symbolic threshold.

Dimensions:

5mt x 3mt x 2mt

Materials:

Laminated safety glass, laminated mirror, stainless steel structure, black iron sheets.

Presentation:

Site-specific installation for the Havana Biennial

Location:

La Habana

Year:

2019