Lydian Stater is pleased to present an exhibition of new digital and sculptural works by Catalina Tuca, her first solo exhibition with the gallery.

Catalina Tuca is a lover of objects. She relishes in their presence; the space they occupy, the way light plays off their surfaces, the weight of them in her hands. Consequently, it is no surprise that she has spent much of her time since the pandemic undertaking the monumental task of translating something with no inherent physical presence into a thing with multiple presences; audial, visual, sculptural.

In The Sensitive Project (2020-Present), Tuca solicits detailed accounts of personal emotions from willing participants. These oral accounts are passed along to designers to create digital renderings of each emotion. Audio recordings are then paired with video of semi-static digital objects, rotating slowly or dancing within the frame.

Emerging from a time of uncertainty, these sculptures act as relics of a time both long ago yet omnipresent, allowing each emotion’s owner to have a physical record of their feelings of fear, vulnerability, and confusion. The Sensitive Project allowed Tuca to connect emotionally with others during a tumultuous pandemic and continue to beyond it. In this immersive audiovisual installation, Tuca extends this connection to her viewers, allowing them to be with one another, both in the physical space of the gallery and the liminal field produced by her works.

More information on the event can be found here.