Wiki Pirela works with a variety of materials and techniques, including drawing, installation, objects, cardboard, and textiles. El paisaje se volvió palabra, a commissioned work for the 14th Mercosul Biennial, can be seen as an exercise in perspective, articulating themes that are central to the artist’s research: territory, migration, and belonging. The installation also reflects Pirela’s autobiographical inquiry into what makes a space a home.
The work, defined by a wooden base, presents a structure that simulates a house, with a mural, sounds, and books—evoking domestic spaces and familiar territories to which we belong. The house the artist refers to is a vessel, a transcendent environment between imagination and memory, comfort and discomfort. The outcome of her process suggests new meanings of place and belonging.
Daniele Alana
Wiki Pirela (Venezuela, 1992) has a degree in Fine Arts from UNEARTE in Caracas. Her work begins with searching for and reflecting on domestic spaces and what happens in them, using montage, installation, and spatial interventions as tools. She has participated in several exhibitions in Chile, Mexico, and Venezuela. She is a member of “Comunidad Maña,” a collective dedicated to creative writing, and of “Alteración de Tonos,” a laboratory focused on exploring contemporary art. She lives in Santiago, Chile.
