ROBERTO DE LA TORRE
De la Torre’s proposals are usually generated in the public domain, defined by temporary and contingent elements. His objects are not chosen only for their visual characteristics, but for their affective and relative meanings. His ideas concretize either as ephemeral actions or sculptural/architectural/sensorial installations through the use of different media for determined spaces, always in collaboration with a large number of participants, and in different environments. His work generally documents that which is transitory. His work engages with social questions that emerge from local contexts, but are significant when applied to a global context as well. De la Torre’s practice reveals his deep understanding of formal and spatial conditions, wherever the site may be, and acute awareness about what his own interventions in these spaces means. The tension between the physical and the intellectual saturates his work, and it is from this energy the author has developed the notion of “social sculpture”. His works are full of complex social negotiations, dealing with issues of permissions and participation.
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69 Windows- Interstellar Signals from a Motel Video documentation, 22 min 3 sec Hotel Garage El Señorial, México City, 2004
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