Pura Fibra 2000. Vibrating sound installation by Leopoldo Amigo. Polyamide and polystyrene. 15 x 9.5 x 2.5 m.
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The Espai A. Lambert in Xavea welcomes the public with a tangle of fibers that, extending from one end to the other, crisscrossing each other, seem to grow organically from the walls of the room. The sensation of being in a microscopic interstice within a living organism is reinforced by moving red lighting and ventilation that gently agitates these elastic fibers of different colors. The sound, a vague murmur like the wind, but with a dull, almost palpable echo, contributes to the charged atmosphere and increases the disorientation.
The nodules, irregularly distributed by the artist Monique Bastiaans throughout this fibrillar space, together with the vibrating quality, give the installation an organic appearance.
But at the same time, the vibration evokes the imprecise space of the electron orbits.
When comparing those fibers with the memory of diagrams in biology textbooks, the tremor of the fibers is transformed into neuronal transmission through small electrical discharges. In turn, the sound reveals itself to be synthetic and leads one to think of the hum of electrical current in high-voltage power lines. These diametrically diverse references allow the artist to establish a coherent dialogue between organic figuration and the synthetic nature of the materials used.
By virtue of the possible identification between the organic and the plastic dimensions, the artist articulates a prose rich in nuances and extremely suggestive that allows us to glimpse the admiration, from the concerns of another generation, towards the magic and poetic mystery of an artist like Louise Bourgois.
Boye Llorens Peters, El Levante (Postscript) 17-11-2000