Pixel-based reconstruction of Camilo Mori’s portrait, extending Chilean modernist imagery beyond the canvas through a permanent mosaic intervention integrated into everyday architectural space.

This mosaic reinterprets Camilo Mori’s Retrato de Lily through a handcrafted pixel structure composed of approximately 2,000 glass tesserae. Installed within The Mosaic House, the work forms part of a larger investigation into the translation of Chilean pictorial heritage into permanent architectural interventions.

Unlike conventional reproductions, the portrait is reconstructed through a chromatic system shared across multiple works installed throughout the residence. This deliberate reduction of color creates visual harmony between paintings originating from different artistic periods, allowing academic and modernist traditions to coexist within a unified architectural composition.

Through fragmentation, material transformation and domestic permanence, Retrato de Lily explores how modernist imagery can migrate from the canvas into lived space while retaining its emotional presence and symbolic identity.