#7
Paula Garcia Sans, María Nolla Mateos, Aurélia Noudelmann
Pillow Talk – co-curated by Paladar Space
20.07.2024
The Clean Brothers Wasserette, Westerstraat 26, Amsterdam
Will doodles disappear? The act of doodling is a form of daydreaming, a moment when one can detach from the act of creation. The traces left are not controlled, but rather executed by an impertinent hand. Doodles are so physical and yet haven’t invaded the digital surface. They still need paper, a pen, and perhaps a long phone call to exist. This exhibition attempts to capture the essence of doodling, how we pass time, daydream, and woolgather, contemplating the spinning drum of the washing machine. The beauty of boredom allows time to be healing.
Pillow Talk presents works that can be described as intimate conversations: from sharing knots of memories, Chris Marker’s Dialector eerie chatbot, to the putrid materiality of time.
Paula Garcia Sans is a visual artist and 3D designer. Their artistic practice develops around the use of 3D, game engine and text-to-image softwares, and explores the notion of artificiality and its diverse impact on our identities.
Maria Nolla’s work is the result of an intimate relationship with organic materials and found objects that have scatological and abject presences in the sanitised urban and exhibition context.
Aurélia Noudelmann is a curator and social designer whose practice focuses on hybrid spaces where new creation-based dialogues can be facilitated, and on the re-appropriation of crafts dominated by men.
Paladar Space is an emerging project space for experimental art founded by artist laury fong gonzalez, currently hovering between the Arts District, Los Angeles and Jordaan, Amsterdam.
The Clean Brothers Wasserette is a full and self-service laundromat located in Jordaan, Amsterdam, since 1987. Many thanks to Adriana Pingas and Nes for hosting us.