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With her participation in Patio By ABC Art Baja at Jazamango's Sculptural Garden, Salas subjects her omnidirectional phyllolocaligram, made of sugarcane and cornstarch, to immediate solar obsolescence after hand-weaving each letter by cooling the filament over the hollow shell of words. In the days following the activation of her Botanic-Synapse Ikebana, one will be able to observe the slow collapse of the branching topography. Its appearance embodying the histological blood fiber of humans, in reference to the organic network of the reefs of the Sea of ​​Cortez, It will collapse, embracing the natural foliage inside, representing the irreversibility of time. Within this “choreography of collapse,” the script of movement fades to reveal the complexity of human architecture. In a fleeting moment of collective alchemy on March 28th, the volumetric calligram will embrace a regenerative botanical aura: a celebration of the ephemeral. Her process pursues Eudaimonia: the soul’s flourishing through the art of Ikebana. Life Cycle of the Piece Scientific Justification and Thermodynamics of the Installation To materialize the poetics of dissolution and the premise that "we are complex architectures destined to lose our form," the work demands a careful thermal and temporal choreography. From March 17st to 26th, the acrylic incubator will be exhibited, configuring the void (Ma) along with the local sand (Soe) and the bottles in the "incubator" that will cultivate heat until the piece is placed inside for the regenerative activation of Ikebana of botanical synapses and the collective alchemy ritual on March 28th. By exceeding 60°C inside the deliquescence incubator during the hours of greatest sunlight throughout the days, the biodegradable material based on starch and plants such as corn will reach its glass transition temperature; Losing its molecular rigidity more and more, it will deform under its own weight in an act of helium-induced entropy that surrenders the piece's static nature to irreversible collapse. After hand-weaving each letter by cooling the filament over the hollow shell of words, the artist surrenders her work to immediate solar obsolescence because its accelerated thermal decay represents the time it would take for nature to erase humanity's trace. As it melts, Salas's piece embraces the irreversible flow of time, revealing that any attempt at permanence is merely a fragile truce against entropy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- Ikebana Activation of Plant Synapse Ikebana Activation (1-2 hrs): Salas will intervene in the cracks of the molten text with natural foliage and materials transformed by humans, proposing an aesthetic dialogue that harmonizes the two worlds. This gesture will culminate the work as a celebration of the ephemeral, characteristic of Ikebana, where the dissolution of the material and the withering of the flora unite in a single visual poetry. We are complex architectures destined to lose our form. Just as fungi recycle inert matter into life, within the heart of the piece, Axis Mundi, words will be offered in a final collective ritual. The breath of humankind nourishes the conceptual 'mycelium' of the work. Thought is composted and prepared to be transmuted into vital energy, activating the rebirth of The Path of Syntropy. In the days following the activation, the slow collapse of the arterial branching of the calligraphic topography, alluding to the blood-like roughness of the reefs of the Sea of ​​Cortez, can be observed. The corporeal calligram will be imbued with a new botanical aura. -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- Collective Alchemy Ritual To conclude, the public will insert messages in bottles within the artwork, creating a botanical kintsugi that finds Syntropy by feeling its own energy reborn. In a participatory intervention, the viewer expresses an essential longing. By writing what they need to release or what they wish to survive after it looses its own form. The public will be activated in a state of Eudaimonia, while aspiring to human wholeness after the collapse of the material. Nature transcends the collapsed architecture to return its original pulse through the poetic act of collective alchemy. Around Shin (the sky, represented by the sun melting the piece), Soe (the earth, represented by the foliage and roots) approaches Tai (the human being) with its words. By placing their written message representing the mind and human creation, the participant aligns with the natural order, harmoniously accepting their temporary place in the universe.