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

Lina Vargas De La Hoz

Performance documentation triptych, yellow wearable tent-coat transformation on Medellín hillside, showing arrival, unpacking process, and completed shelter against mountain cityscape.
Performance documentation triptych, performer wearing yellow wearable tent-coat walking along Danube riverbank in Linz, transforming garment into shelter, photographed across three sequential moments.
Performance documentation triptych, yellow wearable tent-coat transformation on Capitol grounds in Washington D.C., showing street arrival, unpacking process, and completed shelter with Capitol building backdrop.

A portable textile structure is worn as a jacket and used within public space. Through simple actions, the garment is transformed into a tent, forming a temporary shelter. Clothing becomes space, dwelling, and architectural structure. Movement, environment, weather conditions, and body posture determine the form, use, and appearance of the object. Each transformation is situational and dependent on the specific location. The series addresses mobility as a spatial practice. Public space, architecture, and landscape are not treated as fixed entities but as conditions under which temporary forms of shelter and habitation can be produced. Space emerges through action, use, and duration.

Publication details

Type

Textil object/ Performance

Year

2008

Materials

Waterproof fabric, plastic rods

Dimentions

as a tent approx. 120 × 160 × 120 cm