Derivada
Derivada is a programme for artistic creation, investigation and dissemination aimed at Spanish creators whose work is related to science. Through this initiative, the foundation aims to promote women in art, support the production of graphic works and build bridges between art and science.
The piece created by Ira Lombardía is the result of an investigation into the representation of femininity throughout history.
It is a formally simple piece, composed of three superimposed elements: wood, an ancient vessel and glass. And yet it is full of symbolism. The wood speaks to us of the environment, of nature, of what surrounds us. The vase is linked to a woman's body and motherhood, both in its shape and its function as a container for something precious. And with the glass, Lombardía speaks to us of contemporaneity, of the glass that currently surrounds us (telephones, computers) and through which we see reality distorted.
The great challenge of this piece has been to achieve the appearance of these materials with graphic arts techniques. This is a trompe l'oeil, an illusion: we think we see wood and glass, but it is really woodcut and silkscreen printing on paper.
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· Title: Mayáutica en azul [Mayautics in blue]
· Year: 2022
· Technique: Etching and photoaquatint on copper, chine-collé, screenprint, inkjet print and hot-stamped gold foil on 300 gsm Arches paper
· Dimensions: 44 x 33 cm
Laura F. Gibellini generated this work from several superimposed images: a drawing made by her daughter Maya when she was three years old, the impression left by sand on a copper plate due to the effects of time and the sun, and a diagram of the Messier 45 star cluster (better known as the Pleiades or Seven Sisters) mentioned by many civilisations throughout history, whose mythological origins date back to ancient Greece.
In this way, Gibellini wanted to highlight the connection between macro (the universe) and micro (our individual lives), sharing the belief that her father and her daughter, although they never met, will always be linked by stardust and cosmic energy.
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The piece created by Regina Giménez combines astronomy, pedagogy and play and speaks to us about visual forms used in science for the study of the cosmos. Planets, eclipses, and orbits are represented as flat geometric shapes, recalling old worksheets, and illustrated schoolbooks, while the die-cutting invites to play, explore and modify the work with multiple possibilities.
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Gabriela Bettini's print is a hymn to nature and at the same time a profound critique of Western man's relationship with it. Based on a diorama from the American Museum of Natural History in New York, it invites the viewer to reflect on the worrying extinction of natural habitats and certain species.
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Linarejos Moreno began with a scientific experiment, the visualisation of cosmic rays - which originated in the Big Bang but still reach us today - and took it to the private sphere, traditionally linked to the female gender, remembering all those women who throughout history have made important scientific advances almost in secret.
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In this piece, Regina de Miguel describes details of her trip to Antarctica to interview scientists searching for organisms capable of surviving in extreme conditions, while at the same time highlighting the satellites that monitor the environmental catastrophes that surround the Earth. It is a reflection on the threat that climate change poses to the survival of our civilisation.
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