It is the artist who has the sensitivity to listen to and dialogue with materials; what Miguel Ángel Asturias defined as “the art of deifying things,” that is, the empathic capacity to recognize the sacred life that beats beyond the apparently inanimate surface of objects.

Angélica Serech’s works are the result of a dialogue between artist and threads. Angélica listens to the voices of her threads and attends to their needs; putting her hands at the service of warps and wefts that are interwoven, sometimes harmoniously, and sometimes in irreverent knots that do not want to obey any symmetry.

The most moving thing about this dialogue is the artist’s willingness to share it. Not one to be locked in an ivory tower, guardian of ancestral knowledge and ferociously protective of her talent, Angélica’s is a generous art. Far from being untouchable, her works yearn to be caressed. And so it happens… instinctively we approach them, curious, as if the artist whispered, “come, are you listening too?”

It is precisely the inclusive nature of Angélica’s art that made Espiral textíl possible. Devised and coordinated by Andrea Monedero, design students and friends met at Angélica’s house in Comalapa and, over the course of several days, wove with her, intertwining threads and rediscovering what it means to dialogue living matter. 

Rachele Airoldi

CREDITS 

Textile work: Angélica Serech

Concept: Andrea Monedero

Collaboration and video mapping: Daniela Pinto

Music: Beba Urruela

Participating students:

Nicola Castillo, Shaden Abou, Miriam Ramos, Clarisa Morales, Xavi Molina, Cristine Bickford, Cristina Santos, Darianna Prahl, Emily Jordán, Marianne Arriaga, Jan De Brujin

Sabrina De Brujin, Valeria Morales y Valentina Cuevas.

Assistance and camera: Guillermo González

Asesoría y texto curatorial: Rachele Airoldi

VIDEO CREDITS

In this short film, people who know and have collaborated with Angélica Serech are interviewed, among them, the art curators Violeta Gutierrez, Rachele Airoldi Asturias, and UFM Design students from the elective course Trama textile taught by Andrea Monedero.

Concept: Andrea Monedero

Camera: Guillermo Gonzales

Music: Beba Urruela

Editor: Andrea Monedero

Special thanks to MUSEO IXCHEL and Daniela Pinto

Participating students: 

Nicola Castillo, Shaden Abou, Miriam Ramos, Clarisa Morales, Xavi Molina, Cristine Bickford, Cristina Santos, Darianna Prahl, Emily Jordán, Marianne Arriaga, Jan De Brujin

Sabrina De Brujin, Valeria Morales y Valentina Cuevas