La mina

2024

cast aluminium

variable dimensions 

Photos (Crédac) Marc Domage

This aluminium sculpture is made from a 3D scan of an open grave containing a rich variety of Mochica artifacts found by huaqueros on the Cerro La Mina in the Jequetepeque Valley. Materialized in this fashion, the hole in the earth becomes a vortex, a centrifugal force reminding us that these cavities are portals into the past, a place beyond our ken where humans and non-humans enter into mutual relations and carry out transactions.