Nicolás Lamas
Extended mind, 2025
Hockey helmet and coral
33 x 22 x 29 cm
13 x 8 5/8 x 11 3/8 inches
13 x 8 5/8 x 11 3/8 inches
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Photo: Marjorie Brunet Plaza
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Die Skulpturen von Nicolás Lamas, die sich aus organischen Elementen, präzise gefertigten Strukturen und gebrauchten Alltagsgegenständen zusammensetzen, wirken wie hybride Artefakte, die verschiedene Zeitlinien miteinander verbinden. Sie spiegeln das Interesse...
Die Skulpturen von Nicolás Lamas, die sich aus organischen Elementen, präzise gefertigten Strukturen und gebrauchten Alltagsgegenständen zusammensetzen, wirken wie hybride Artefakte, die verschiedene Zeitlinien miteinander verbinden. Sie spiegeln das Interesse des Künstlers an Archäologie und der Entwicklung technischer Errungenschaften über Jahrtausende hinweg wider. „Technologie entwickelt sich weiter und blickt in die Zukunft, während die Archäologie eine Disziplin ist, die per Definition ständig Daten aus der Vergangenheit sammelt – anhand der materiellen Spuren, die unsere Vorfahren hinterlassen haben. Manchmal vergessen wir jedoch, dass sich sowohl die Vergangenheit als auch die Zukunft ständig weiterentwickeln.“ Die Assemblagen eröffnen Dialoge über Vergänglichkeit, Hybridität und die Trennung von Kultur und Natur. Die verschiedenen Materialitäten scheinen zunächst konträr zueinander zu stehen, weisen aber bei genauerer Betrachtung formale und inhaltliche Gemeinsamkeiten auf. Die einzelnen Elemente besitzen für den Künstler eine eigene Kraft, durch die die Unterscheidung zwischen menschengemacht und organisch gewachsen hinfällig wird. Durch diese Begegnungen versucht Lamas, die Funktion und den Wert der Dinge zu relativieren und andere Wege zu eröffnen, um ihre Existenz neu zu definieren.
„Extended mind“ (2025) besteht aus einem weißen Hockeyhelm, aus dem eine Koralle herauszuwachsen scheint. Der Helm wirkt dabei wie ein schützender Panzer für den ozeanischen Organismus und gemeinsam formen sie eine hybride Einheit, in der künstliche und gewachsene Materialien miteinander verschmelzen. „In the end everything changes and moves, everything is in transition to another state or level. In that sense, conditions such as the living and the inert, the unique and the massive, the organic and the synthetic, the material and the virtual, the transcendent and the banal, the human and the non-human, are categories that are constantly mutating and relativizing.“
Nicolas Lamas' sculptures, composed of organic elements, precisely produced structures, and used everyday objects, resemble hybrid artifacts that connect different timelines. They reflect the artist’s interest in archaeology and the development of technological achievements over millennia. “Technology continues to advance and looks toward the future, while archaeology is a discipline that, by definition, constantly gathers data from the past through the material traces left by our ancestors. However, we sometimes forget that both the past and the future are in constant evolution.” The assemblages thus open dialogues about transience, hybridity, and the separation of culture and nature. At first glance, the different materials appear to be in opposition to each other, but upon closer examination, they reveal formal and thematic similarities. For the artist, the individual elements possess their own power, making the distinction between man-made and organically grown irrelevant. Through these encounters, Lamas seeks to relativize the function and value of objects, opening up new ways to redefine their existence.
“Extended mind” (2025) consists of a white field hockey helmet from which a coral appears to grow. The helmet acts like a protective armor for the oceanic organism and together they form a hybrid unit in which artificial and grown materials merge. „In the end everything changes and moves, everything is in transition to another state or level. In that sense, conditions such as the living and the inert, the unique and the massive, the organic and the synthetic, the material and the virtual, the transcendent and the banal, the human and the non-human, are categories that are constantly mutating and relativizing.“
„Extended mind“ (2025) besteht aus einem weißen Hockeyhelm, aus dem eine Koralle herauszuwachsen scheint. Der Helm wirkt dabei wie ein schützender Panzer für den ozeanischen Organismus und gemeinsam formen sie eine hybride Einheit, in der künstliche und gewachsene Materialien miteinander verschmelzen. „In the end everything changes and moves, everything is in transition to another state or level. In that sense, conditions such as the living and the inert, the unique and the massive, the organic and the synthetic, the material and the virtual, the transcendent and the banal, the human and the non-human, are categories that are constantly mutating and relativizing.“
Nicolas Lamas' sculptures, composed of organic elements, precisely produced structures, and used everyday objects, resemble hybrid artifacts that connect different timelines. They reflect the artist’s interest in archaeology and the development of technological achievements over millennia. “Technology continues to advance and looks toward the future, while archaeology is a discipline that, by definition, constantly gathers data from the past through the material traces left by our ancestors. However, we sometimes forget that both the past and the future are in constant evolution.” The assemblages thus open dialogues about transience, hybridity, and the separation of culture and nature. At first glance, the different materials appear to be in opposition to each other, but upon closer examination, they reveal formal and thematic similarities. For the artist, the individual elements possess their own power, making the distinction between man-made and organically grown irrelevant. Through these encounters, Lamas seeks to relativize the function and value of objects, opening up new ways to redefine their existence.
“Extended mind” (2025) consists of a white field hockey helmet from which a coral appears to grow. The helmet acts like a protective armor for the oceanic organism and together they form a hybrid unit in which artificial and grown materials merge. „In the end everything changes and moves, everything is in transition to another state or level. In that sense, conditions such as the living and the inert, the unique and the massive, the organic and the synthetic, the material and the virtual, the transcendent and the banal, the human and the non-human, are categories that are constantly mutating and relativizing.“
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