Construcción Bastarda - Mercè Jara Muns
April - June 2021, Tangent Projects gallery.
IEverything we make to survive, including our bodies, comes under the label "low tech".
Bastard mortar is a traditional recipe that consists of mixing and reducing mortar with clay to improve its plasticity. In the world of ceramics, as in all things, there are purist beliefs regarding degrees of whiteness and a globalisation of accepted forms of construction. Within the context of “Construcción Bastarda”, we are following Mercè on a journey, an exploration of technological sovereignty.
Mercè implements all aspects of her production in order to examine a liminal ceramics practice as a reality - which if put into action has the potential to influence our social fabric and consumer problems while allowing for free technological dissemination.
“This is not just literary deconstruction, but liminal transformation.” - A Cyborg Manifesto, Donna Haraway.
