Medulla

A sculptural ecology that emerges from planetary vitality.

Medulla activates imaginaries integrating ambiguous “anomalies”: animal-plant entities are combined with pipes containing alien DNA (human genetic material modified with cosmological algorithms), and an aluminum structure that reactivates ancient comet iconographies. Together, these elements evoke life as a continuum extending beyond Earth’s atmosphere.

The installation takes inspiration from the botanical abundance of the Chocó region, from Panama to Ecuador, as well as on the orchidarium tended by his parents and Santillán’s exchanges with astrophysicists in the Netherlands.

Thorugh this material manifestation of ideas, Santillán evokes a world in constant transformation, where intimacy, cosmology, and earthly desire converge.

Thanks to the support of Mondriaan Funds, Grupo Tramaco TMC and FUNSA Ecuador.

Medulla

Aluminum cast, wood carvings, ABS resin, automotive paint, metal tubes, pipe fittings, and alien DNA.