REVERBERAR, 2020
Puente, Quito, Ecuador

ЯΣVΣЯBΣЯΛЯ is an immersive installation that weaves visual patterns from pandemic iconography—COVID-19 particles, hands touching, bodies abandoned in Guayaquil’s streets, mass graves, surgical mask textures, and celestial imagery.

Reverberar asks what it means to inhabit crisis. Drawing from Hawkins and Blakeslee’s idea of pattern as the “fundamental currency of intelligence”, the work explores perception through pattern repetition, as both a survival mechanism and a site of rupture.

The piece’s visual elements form concentric geometries that echo collective trauma; repetition seeks to grasp the world during the pandemic, and pattern recognition enables a sense of secure or effective perception.

The collage is printed on acrylic and placed on an infinity mirror, suspended from the ceiling. The object requires the viewer to lift their gaze to see it. On the floor beneath it, the social distancing circles used by the Municipality of Quito on the city’s streets during the pandemic are marked, tracing the safe-distance path toward the piece.

An Instagram filter—usable only for self-portraits—extends the piece into the digital realm, veiling identity through the collage.