O X Imágenes ●

The title is the first clue. The “O” is not a letter but a number—zero. The “X” is the mathematical variable, the unknown, and also the mark of deletion, the kiss of erasure, the crosshair. “Imágenes” (images) are what we expect. Put together: Zero times images . Yet the work is full of images, or rather, full of the memory of images. The work is structured in ten chapters, each corresponding to a hypothetical “X” value. For each, the artist presents a loop: a found photograph, a cinematic still, or a digital render, then proceeds to systematically degrade it through one of ten operations: pixelation, overexposure, cropping to the edge, mirroring, inverting, or, most devastatingly, the “O” operation—complete removal, leaving only a blank, humming white or black square.

If the letters are colored (e.g., black Xs and a red O), do not look for the shape. Look for the color blob . Ignore the shapes entirely and look for the difference in shade or hue. o x imágenes