HOMX LUDENS, Public performances/ textile pieces/ photography series, 2012-2020
This series of street interventions was performed across various public sites in South and North America. They consist of absurdist movement scores enacted with wearable textile sculptures, transforming pedestrian spaces into sites of virtual possibility where normative relationships between body and space can be reimagined and new narratives can emerge. Some of the performances were documented and now exist as a photography series and the masks as sculptures.
Montreal, 2020
Colombia, 2013
Argentina, 2012
London, 2012
These wearable sculptures were made with crochet, embroidery, knitting and beading techniques to create amorphous, unidentifiable bodies. They obstruct vision and enhance tactility, compelling performers to engage with their surroundings through alternative sensory modes. In doing so, they are invited to rely on play and improvisation to navigate space. Rather than thinking/rational beings, they become playing beings—Homx Ludens. Their movements, in relation to the site and the reactions of passersby, generate a surreal image that unfolds in real time. This encounter reveals how perception, embodiment, and public space are continuously reshaped through shifting interactions. The masks have been worn by different individuals, giving rise to diverse embodiments of the same forms.
By introducing surreal elements into everyday settings, these performances examine how the presence of difference reconfigures space. Ultimately, they challenge the notion of the public sphere as a shared space by all, questioning which bodies and actions are permitted visibility, legitimacy, or inclusion within it.