NOMAD STUDIO

Exculpatio

Nomad Studio

Exculpatio by nomad. + Global R&D Cemex is a silent demonstration and a sculptural space simultaneously hosted at Giardini della Marinaressa in Venice, Italy and Global R&D Cemex Headquarters in Biel-Bienne, Switzerland. It is

part of the Exhibition “PERSONAL STRUCTURES” curated by the European Cultural Centre during the Venice Biennale 2022.

This project is the materialization of a long conversation exploring the speech surrounding sustainability through concrete as a creative counterpart. Its versatility in the dialogue has maintained the attention on the tectonics of the process contributing to its chameleonic physicality. After morphing and adapting to its environment since 2019, Exculpatio stands in Switzerland as two rectangular monoliths embracing the negative of nature. This void is created by the imprint of a tree trunk fossilized within two upright monumental concrete blocks fractured into eighty pixels. In Italy, Exculpatio presents its pixels in an ever-changing impromptu arrangement, which symbolically opens the conversation to the public and invites them to take action and bring awareness about the lack of substantial action against climate change.

Exhibition’s Curator. European Cultural Centre (ECC). Palazzo Rossini. S. Marco, 4013, 30122 Venezia, Italy.

Collaborators: Almudena Cadalso, Visual Artist. Lanzarote, Spain. Dani Burés, Graphic Artist. Madrid, Spain. Carlos Comendador, Architect. Madrid, Spain. Trey Killeen, Pixels-NFT Coordinator. San Diego, United States. Katie Sciortino Peak, Writer-Artist, US-Spain.

Ritual: Tatiana Barrero, Performance Artist. Bogotá, Colombia. Marie-Anne Favreau, Performance Artist. Paris, France. William Kingswood, Composer. London, UK.