Mariela Limerutti

Mariela Limerutti (Argentina)

The artist makes drawings of the facades of selected houses of Pedersgata to then engrave these on the ground and pathway in front of the houses. The work is related to the tradition in some cultures where drawings in front of houses are believed to function as a protection of the home. The artist would like to achieve cultural reflection by the works’ permanence, and point out the changing facades recordable in future.

”It is my intention to make visible that small step between the reality of a city and the idea of it, where the imagination can be developed. The engraving technique is an aesthetic decision not only to function as an integration with the design of the blocks on the sidewalks but also to give the drawings a long lasting life, perhaps longer than the life of the houses that they are representing. Time and duration are concepts that will relate the past with the future of the houses.”