Photographer Cecilia Paredes Hides Herself in Bright Floral Patterns

Peruvian artist Cecilia Paredes is the model of her own richly patterned photographs, yet her figure is often complicated to locate at first. For each portrait, she hangs boldly printed cloths as the background, which she then matches with her skin that is painted, customized clothes, or both. Her torso, arms, and face fade into the background since the curvature of her body along with brown hair become some of the only signs of her existence.

“I wrap, camouflage, or paint my entire body with the same pattern of the material and re-present myself within this picture,” she explains. “Through this act, I am focusing on the subject of constructing my own identification with the entourage or part of the planet where I live or where I feel I could call home. My bio has been explained as Spartan, so perhaps this is also a need for fixing the practice of continuous movement.”

Currently, she has a solo exhibition at Museum of Latin America Art (MOLAA) in Los Angeles through December 30, 2018, and will start a different solo exhibition in the Museum of the University of Navarra (MUN) in Spain on March 27, 2019.

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The Very Many Studio Designed Facade of a Colorful Pavilion in Texas

New York design studio The Very Many, led by Marc Fornes, has designed a blue-and-yellow covering outside a leisure center in El Paso, Texas.

The canopy, known as Marquise, contains hundreds of aluminum shingles that are cut to diamond-shaped panels and attached to leave small gaps between.

 

The panels are organized to produce a curved self-supported structure, with a striped pattern on the underside and a chequerboard effect on top.

Hints of pink and orange are observable in the deep crevices, creating a general color palette based on the Texan environment.

The design comprises 240 panels in shades of blue –“from bright midday skies to a deep, transparent dusk” — and 280 yellowish pieces which also change in tone.

Marquise is positioned at the entry to the Westside Natatorium indoor swimming pool in El Paso, providing a canopy that shields from the sun and rain. It is anchored by a set of concrete bases, so it doesn’t blow off and then double as seats.

“A marquise is historically classified as a curvilinear glass and steel awning, attached to freestanding or buildings,” said the studio.

“Seemingly inflated by the end, like a tent or sail, the ultra-thin surface billows upward from the floor, where it creates two contiguous chairs: cast in place concrete components that inherit the compound curvature of this faceted but surface.”

In 2015, he made an outside installation to get a French college with similar aluminum plates and colored blue and green.

This is his next installment in Texas — the first was a spine-like, arched pavilion at San Antonio with a bright green colorway.

Photography is by Naaro.

Project credits:

Engineer: LaufsED
Architect of Westside Natatorium: In Situ Architecture

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