Graphic logo, black angular L-shaped form on white background, minimalist geometric design with bold right-angle composition.

Lina Vargas De La Hoz

Detail view of two participants standing within the blue textile installation, their upper bodies integrated into the fabric surface.
Wide view of an installation where several participants are positioned beneath a large patchwork textile made of blue clothing.
Installation view showing a participant partially obscured by moving blue textile elements suspended overhead in an exhibition space.
Close-up view of a participant positioned beneath interconnected blue textile garments forming a suspended fabric surface.

Multiple knitted blue sweaters are connected and assembled into a single, continuous textile surface. This surface is tensioned throughout the exhibition space, spanning between floor, walls, and ceiling to form a spatial membrane. The sweater is detached from the individual body and transformed into a collective structure. Material tension, weight, and spatial suspension determine the form and permeability of the surface. Visitors move beneath and within the textile installation, where motion is transmitted across the fabric and affects other bodies in the space. Clothing no longer functions as a personal layer but becomes an architectural element that establishes relationships between bodies, space, and movement. The space is experienced as an interconnected system in which individual actions propagate through the whole.

Publication details

Type

Installation

Year

2008

Materials

Knitted blue sweaters, elastic, hooks

Dimentions

textile surface approx. 450 × 550 cm