paula garcia sans
[RUSHED - 2026]
[Undertale - 2026]
[Ethereal Estate - 2026]
[The Hatching - 2025]
[Nacreous Clouds - 2023]
[Bodies that don’t age - 2022]
[Hole to Bliss - 2021]
[Hyperindividualized Pleasure - 2020]
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The Hatching - 2025
Stone, wax, pewter, glass, video 7’30’’
The Hatching (2025) is a material study on the mingling of artificial and natural, using the falcon and the drone as a visual case study.
It consists of two parts: an installation with two glass panels, each one reflecting a projection cast on the other, where CGI animation and real footage overlap through these reflections to explore the connection between the figure of the drone and the figure of the falcon; and a series of sculptures (a first material study toward that same idea) experimenting with the superposition of metal, glass and wax, and with stone carving.
I became interested in this after learning about a group of catalan farmers who had started using drones to keep birds off their crops. Curious about it, I started researching the different ways people have tried to control the land from the air, which eventually led me back to my hometown, Barcelona, where I interviewed Ondřej, a falconer who works to keep airports safe from bird strikes. He explained that real falcons are still more effective than drones, because they trigger a natural fear response in other birds - something a machine can't replicate.
The project development was generously supported by the Mondriaan Fonds.
pics: GLOPS Biennale (Vilafranca del Penedès) 18.11.2025 - 08.01.2026 & Rotterdam Art Fair 28, 29, 30.03.2025
It consists of two parts: an installation with two glass panels, each one reflecting a projection cast on the other, where CGI animation and real footage overlap through these reflections to explore the connection between the figure of the drone and the figure of the falcon; and a series of sculptures (a first material study toward that same idea) experimenting with the superposition of metal, glass and wax, and with stone carving.
I became interested in this after learning about a group of catalan farmers who had started using drones to keep birds off their crops. Curious about it, I started researching the different ways people have tried to control the land from the air, which eventually led me back to my hometown, Barcelona, where I interviewed Ondřej, a falconer who works to keep airports safe from bird strikes. He explained that real falcons are still more effective than drones, because they trigger a natural fear response in other birds - something a machine can't replicate.
The project development was generously supported by the Mondriaan Fonds.
pics: GLOPS Biennale (Vilafranca del Penedès) 18.11.2025 - 08.01.2026 & Rotterdam Art Fair 28, 29, 30.03.2025