Marisa Piló

My creative process covers various mediums, from sculpture to illustration to photography, but I’m particularly drawn to sculpture and common objects. I often de-contextualize objects and assign them new languages and expressions. I create moments when an object can provoke in...

My creative process covers various mediums, from sculpture to illustration to photography, but I’m particularly drawn to sculpture and common objects. I often de-contextualize objects and assign them new languages and expressions. I create moments when an object can provoke in the viewer a feeling of surprise, and stir their own imagination. To create such reactions in the viewer, I am always exploring new means, new techniques, and new ways to combine objects and make them "uncanny".
One formal aspect that I like to explore in a sculpture is the play of light and shadows, transforming solid material into something more transcendent, such as through the use of mesh to distort how light reaches an object, or through photography, in which the exposure time can transform the body of a sculpture.
My process is unconscious and spontaneous, and while I use a variety of materials and methods, each body of work is linked by recurring formal concerns and subject matter.