Lucia Calderon Arrieta: Gloop N Droop Rinconsito

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Two soft sculptures (“Inner Child” and “Older Sister”) find their home in a cave-like grotto surrounded by protective spirals of dirt and mica. The cavern drips with dried paper pulp, insulated by swirling colorful layers of wool roving, illuminated by twinkling bioluminescent lights. They use their tentacles to explore the pulpy surface of the cave walls, holding hands as they go, wondering how far they can safely explore outside of the cavern’s hugging hold. Their world is encircled by a protective band of soil- not so much a border as a boundary, the boundary not meant for them but for us, the audience. This boundary lets us know that we create their safety when we give them space to exist on their terms.