Maria Paris Borda

works

Figs – Part I is an immersive installation. The windows in the space are intervened by blue gel filters that turn the light into a blue hue and highlight light changes throughout the day. Multiple reproductions of a fig cast in plaster are scattered in the space. Because in Colombia there are no seasons, figs don’t grow there. However, a fruit called breva is harvested from the same tree but grows in different seasons. In most places of Europe, brevas are considered unedible as they are deemed not ripe enough to eat. This piece explores the slight difference in notion between breva and fig. The piece mirrors the relationship between word and fruit: The casting technique replicates through the failure of being exact. There will always be a distance between the original object and the casting. This project became almost an insistence on casting the error rather than the original fruit—the idea of two translations, two fruits, not quite fitting. The fig will continue to be cast until the mold breaks.