Since ancient times, astronomers and scientists have turned their eyes to the sky as a field of study and fascination; their observations, recorded and compiled in great volumes, were for centuries our point of reference for the universe, its processes and phenomena. In these gaps, our gaze has been losing its capacity for wonder and attention, surrendering our observation to tedium and the obvious. The relationships established between what we see, the mental image, and the representation we make of it are diametrically opposed, in such a way that the unencompassable vastness of space can be contained on a piece of paper.
Since ancient times, astronomers and scientists have turned their eyes to the sky as a field of study and fascination; their observations, recorded and compiled in great volumes, were for centuries our point of reference for the universe, its processes and phenomena. In these gaps, our gaze has been losing its capacity for wonder and attention, surrendering our observation to tedium and the obvious. The relationships established between what we see, the mental image, and the representation we make of it are diametrically opposed, in such a way that the unencompassable vastness of space can be contained on a piece of paper.
This series of drawings by Bogotá-based artist Santiago Castro revolves around observation, the exercise of looking as an act of cataloguing and ordering the world around us; it is presented to us as an invitation to rethink the act of seeing and to make it more complex so that we may access the knowledge it proposes.
The exhibition, opening on April 5 at 2:00 p.m., will be open to the public until April 30 in