Rebellion consists
of gazing at a rose until
your eyes are reduced to dust
La rebelión consiste en mirar una rosa hasta pulverizarse los ojos2024
Sculpture
Thermoplastics, steel, roses, agar, vinegar, glycerin, pvc
50x70x50 cm
Exhibited in:
2025 Les flors que creixen en l’abisme que soc. Miquel Casablancas 2025. Fabra i Coats: Centre d’Art Contemporani. Barcelona. SP
2024 I swear that I will become a prince, Jedna Dva Try Gallery, Praga, CZ
Public collection:
Sant Andreu Contemporani. Barcelona.
These fragile gauntlets elevate rather than shield human vulnerability. Formed by transparent, heat-sensitive shells, they expose an inner skin of rose petals inscribed with words of desire and revolution. Named after Alejandra Pizarnik’s Poem 23, the work centers on the rose as a motif of non-binary resistance found in both medieval history and Magical Girl narratives.
Reinterpreting the legend of Sant Jordi through poet María-Mercè Marçal’s lens, the dragon represents alterity, and the rose growing from its blood becomes a symbol of survival against normative violence. Held together by steel supports, these gauntlets form an unarmored, extravagant casing for a fragmented body: a tender shell for a non-binary mythology.
Photographers: Adriana Vančová & Eva Carasol