Passages

Bringing together Balmaceda’s Códices collection and Captiva, a collaboration between Paraforma and photographer Simone Bossi, the exhibition traces the passage of memory from one form into another.

Drawing on the architectural heritage of ancestral Mexico, Balmaceda translates the language of pyramids, reliefs and ancient codices into contemporary rugs and ceramics. In Captiva, Paraforma and Simone Bossi preserve film photographs of the Barbican Conservatory in resin, capturing a space on the eve of its transformation.

Two distinct practices, united by a shared sensibility: neither seeks to recreate the past, but to give it a new material presence in the here and now.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped bring the exhibition to life.