URBAN INTERVENTIONS
Public-space interventions where fragmented cultural imagery is reactivated through pixel-based systems of memory, persistence and symbolic presence.
SPATIAL OPERATIONS
Developed as distributed acts of symbolic invocation, these urban portraits transform public space into a fragmented ritual archive where cultural memory, disappearance and image persistence continuously reactivate one another.
Working through pixel-by-pixel mosaic structures installed across streets, walls and architectural surfaces, the practice transforms the city into a fragmented visual network where memory, technology and symbolic permanence intersect.
PIXEL OCCUPATION SYSTEMS
Large-scale pixel interventions exploring permanence, fragmentation and the material persistence of digital imagery within urban space.
SYS-01 / Monumental portrait systems and urban image persistence
Large-scale mosaic intervention reconstructing Vincent van Gogh through fragmented pixel structures and handcrafted repetition across a 3.2-meter urban surface.
SYS-02 / Classical imagery translated into urban pixel systems
Urban reconstruction of Vermeer’s iconic portrait through fragmented mosaic surfaces investigating visibility, distance and digital perception.
SYS-03 / Repetition systems and fragmented sculptural memory
Layered mosaic structure exploring repetition, optical instability and the circulation of classical imagery through contemporary urban surfaces.
SYS-04 / Monumental image resurrection and urban persistence
Large-scale mosaic intervention developed after the destruction of La Mirada Alucinada II, expanding Salvador Dalí’s fragmented gaze into a monumental urban structure investigating image persistence, symbolic return and architectural scale.
SYS-05 / Classical image persistence and urban visual resonance
Mosaic intervention translating Ludwig van Beethoven into a high-contrast pixel structure where classical portraiture, urban decay and digital fragmentation converge within public space.
SYS-06 / Mortality iconography and post-digital disappearance
Pixel-based mosaic developed from a photograph taken inside the Paris Catacombs, transforming human remains into a symbolic urban image confronting memory, disappearance and digital-era mortality.
SYS-07 / Optical displacement and stereoscopic urban perception
Large-scale mosaic intervention integrating anaglyphic 3D structures and pixel displacement systems to transform urban space into a shifting field of optical instability and perceptual movement.
SYS-08 / Classical appropriation and domestic image persistence
Mosaic reconstruction derived from a classical painting by Valenzuela Puelma, investigating how pixel fragmentation, architectural context and mechanisms of public self-censorship alter the perception of the classical nude.
SYS-09 / Fragmented classical iconography and urban permanence
Urban mosaic intervention translating a fragment of Greek sculptural imagery into a pixel-based public structure investigating monumentality, memory and symbolic continuity within contemporary city space.
SYS-10 / Classical displacement and architectural migration
Mosaic reconstruction of the Venus de Milo exploring image permanence and architectural displacement through a rare urban migration process in which the work survived the demolition of its original location.
SYS-11 / Proto-pixel surrealism and fragmented perception
Large-scale mosaic intervention reinterpreting Salvador Dalí through handcrafted pixel systems, referencing the artist’s early optical experiments and the fragmented visual logic present in Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea.
SYS-12 / Literary memory and cultural territorial inscription
Public mosaic intervention dedicated to Pablo Neruda, installed near the poet’s historic Bellavista residence and integrated into a symbolic cultural corridor connecting literature, memory and urban circulation.
SYS-13 / Destruction, image persistence and monumental rebirth
Large-scale mosaic intervention focused on Salvador Dalí’s fragmented gaze, later destroyed within public space. The disappearance of the work directly originated El Renacer, a monumental reconstruction expanding the image into a larger system of symbolic persistence and urban resurrection.
SYS-14 / Anti-poetry, cultural memory and urban inscription
Public mosaic homage created during Nicanor Parra’s lifetime to commemorate the poet’s centenary, translating anti-poetic identity into a pixel-based urban monument operating between literary memory and collective recognition.
SYS-15 / Chilean pictorial heritage and domestic symbolic occupation
Mosaic portrait intervention installed within a private art collection environment, extending the dialogue between Chilean academic painting, pixel reconstruction and the transformation of domestic architecture into a distributed mosaic archive.
SYS-16 / Sensory seduction and symbolic darkness
Large-scale mosaic intervention exploring desire, sensuality and symbolic corruption through a fragmented female portrait oscillating between beauty, attraction and the psychological tensions associated with the Kali Yuga era.
SYS-17 / Surveillance systems and predictive visibility
Pixel-based urban intervention investigating the transformation of the human gaze within contemporary surveillance culture, where observers progressively become monitored, traceable and behaviorally predictable subjects.
SYS-18 / Renaissance memory and symbolic urban invocation
Mosaic reconstruction derived from Leonardo da Vinci’s Head of a Woman, installed within Plaza Leonardo da Vinci as a site-specific urban invocation connecting Renaissance imagery, architectural memory and symbolic presence.
FRAGMENTED URBAN PORTRAITS
Fragmented urban portraits investigating memory transmission, symbolic presence and the ritual persistence of images within contemporary public space.
SYS-01 / Cultural iconography and fragmented urban memory
Mosaic portrait intervention reconstructing Serge Gainsbourg through handcrafted pixel structures and distributed urban surfaces, transforming cultural memory into a persistent symbolic presence within contemporary street space.
SYS-02 / Renaissance image transfer and urban displacement
Urban mosaic reconstruction of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa installed in Paris near Le Lavo//Matik, investigating how canonical imagery migrates into contemporary city space through pixel fragmentation and symbolic persistence.
SYS-03 / Pop fragmentation systems and mediated emotion
Mosaic intervention derived from Roy Lichtenstein’s visual language, translating comic-based emotional intensity into pixel structures where repetition, fragmentation and contemporary image systems converge within urban space.
SYS-04 / Pop icon persistence and distributed urban memory
Pixel-based mosaic reconstruction derived from Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe imagery, installed as part of a growing distributed urban archive where repetition, celebrity iconography and symbolic permanence converge within public space.
SYS-05 / Comic-image systems and emotional fragmentation
Urban mosaic intervention translating Roy Lichtenstein’s comic-based visual language into handcrafted pixel structures, exploring mediated emotion, repetition and the persistence of pop imagery within contemporary city space.
SYS-06 / Software archaeology and classical image persistence
Mosaic reconstruction inspired by Botticelli’s Venus, investigating the convergence between Renaissance portraiture, early digital interfaces and software memory through fragmented pixel structures and urban image persistence.
SYS-07 / Collective memory and cultural permanence
Urban mosaic intervention dedicated to Víctor Jara, installed in Santiago’s historic Barrio Yungay. Through handcrafted pixel structures, the work reactivates collective memory and cultural continuity, transforming public space into a site of remembrance and historical transmission.
SYS-08 / Chromatic persistence and surrealist image systems
Mosaic reconstruction of Salvador Dalí developed through a recurring chromatic system of blues, reds, oranges and yellows. Installed as part of a distributed urban gallery, the work explores image persistence, fragmentation and the continued circulation of surrealist iconography within contemporary public space.
SYS-09 / Musical iconography and transnational urban memory
Pixel-based mosaic portrait created in homage to Charly García and installed in Buenos Aires for the artist’s sixty-fourth birthday. The intervention translates cultural memory into a portable urban artifact, connecting music, collective identity and public space across national boundaries.
SYS-10 / Chilean academic painting and domestic image persistence
Mosaic reconstruction derived from Pedro Lira’s iconic portrait, translating nineteenth-century Chilean painting into a distributed pixel structure embedded within a private architectural environment and contemporary visual memory.
SYS-11 / Chilean modernism and domestic symbolic occupation
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.
SYS-12 / Cultural lineage and domestic invocation
Mosaic translation of Valenzuela Puelma’s portrait, operating as a contemporary invocation of Chilean pictorial heritage where memory, domestic space and image persistence converge.
SYS-13 / Optical paradoxes and recursive perception
Pixel reconstruction inspired by M.C. Escher’s iconic Eye, translating recursive vision and perceptual ambiguity into a handcrafted mosaic structure. Executed through a restrained graphite palette, the work conceals a subtle skull within the pupil, transforming observation into a meditation on mortality, illusion and self-awareness.
SYS-14 / Pop iconography and transnational image migration
Urban mosaic intervention based on Andy Warhol’s Marilyn, installed in Buenos Aires through a chromatic structure referencing the Argentine flag. The work explores how globally circulated images acquire new local meanings, transforming a familiar pop icon into an unexpected encounter between collective memory, national identity and public space.
SYS-15 / Image persistence and urban reactivation
Second mosaic reconstruction of Botticelli’s Venus, produced after the original intervention gradually disappeared beneath graffiti and architectural repainting. Reinstalled on the same urban support, the work investigates recurrence, image persistence and the continuous reactivation of cultural memory within the city.
URBAN TRANSFER SYSTEMS
Distributed image interventions exploring replication, circulation and symbolic transmission within urban space.
Developed as transferable visual operations, these interventions investigate how images detach from a fixed location and begin to circulate through the city as autonomous symbolic agents.
Through stencil processes, repeatable graphic structures and temporary urban supports, each work operates as a system of transmission where cultural references, memory and visual information continuously migrate between places, surfaces and observers.
SYS-01 / Layered repetition and urban memorialization
Multi-layer stencil intervention produced at Centro Cultural Perrera Arte. Built through repeated applications of the same image across three-color stencil systems, the work transforms serial reproduction into a commemorative structure dedicated to Capitán, one of the community’s most beloved dogs.
SYS-02 / Pop icon transmission and stencil replication
Three-color stencil system developed as a transferable image matrix capable of migrating between urban surfaces, textile supports and exhibition contexts. The work investigates how popular iconography can circulate through repeated acts of reproduction while maintaining visual consistency across different media.
SYS-03 / Monumental stencil systems and image scalability
Large-format stencil portrait derived from Clint Eastwood’s character in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Developed as a scalable image structure, the work explores the relationship between urban intervention, live execution and the reproducibility of visual symbols across public space and exhibition environments.
SYS-04 / Tactical visibility and urban insertion
Highly condensed stencil system designed for rapid deployment within the city. Installed on small-scale urban infrastructure, the work examines how cultural imagery can infiltrate overlooked spaces through speed, precision and visual economy. Through radical graphic reduction, the portrait becomes a study in identity, memory and symbolic efficiency.
SYS-05 / Recursive portrait systems and image multiplication
Pixelated stencil portrait based on Henry Fonda’s performance in 12 Angry Men. Developed as the first experiment in recursive image duplication, the composition allows facial structures to expand laterally through repetition, anticipating visual strategies that would later become central to the broader practice.
SYS-06 / Kinetic disruption and perceptual displacement
Large-scale kinetic intervention extending across approximately sixty meters of architectural surface. Constructed through repeated linear structures and optical displacement, the work transformed urban movement into an active component of perception, creating a constantly shifting visual field vulnerable to both time and public intervention.
