Flesh and Ruin is a photographic series of self-portraits that were taken in an abandoned house in Siberia, Colombia, an uninhabited and ruined village. This project was born from the need to contemplate ruin and its own beauty. The ruin demonstrates the deterioration of space and architecture over time. A house that was once inhabited and is now consumed by oblivion, dirt and damaged objects. In the same way, the project is transformed from contemplation to the interaction of the body and ruin. An uninhabited and ruined place where a body is deposited, which causes the space and its meaning to be transformed as the ruin begins to inhabit. These spaces are unique scenarios that emerged from the interaction with objects so that the body was molded to the place. Such interaction with the place allows the naked body to merge with the ruin, therefore, this shows that bodies and spaces share a temporary affection. Finally, this body is linked to the environment, and it also represents human fragility through the passage of time and deterioration.
Flesh and Ruin
2019