A nest is a fruit that swells (2025) is an immersive installation rooted in hospitality, building one open space within another and composing an inhabitable architecture made entirely of textile and found matter. Dyed and constructed by hand from raw cotton, burlap, towels and recycled fabrics, the installation forms an ecosystem of images, energies, beliefs and memories. Featuring an array of motifs delineating windows that gently merge interiority and exteriority, alongside floating bodies, eyes and limbs reaching toward one another, the textiles extend an invitation to an ‘open house’ of leisure and rest. Visitors are invited to dwell: to step onto hand-stitched floor coverings, lie on embroidered mattress-paintings, and rest among cushions and poems.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Celina Eceiza (b. 1988, Tandil) is an artist and writer based in Buenos Aires. In her installations, created mainly from hand-made textiles, space is conceived of as a metabolic organ, capable of absorbing and processing different physical and psychological states, as well as various beliefs, desires and rituals. Her solo exhibitions include Ofrenda (Offer), Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires (2024); Personas que creo haber visto (People I Think I Saw), Salón Acme–Moria Galería, Mexico City (2022); La conquista del reino de los miedos (The Conquest of the Kingdom of Fears), Móvil-Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires (2019). Group exhibitions include the First Biennial of Textile Art, CEINA, Santiago (2023); I don’t know you like that: The Bodywork of Hospitality, UB Anderson Gallery, Buffalo (2022) and the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha (2021).
EXHIBITED WORKS
Celina Eceiza (b. 1988)
Un nido es una fruta que se hincha / A nest is a fruit that swells, 2025
Cotton fabric, dye pigments, cords, ropes, plaster and gauze, cans, wall paint, avocado peels, clay, burlap, felt rugs, bleach, cement, bells, recycled plastic containers, stones, tree branches
Variable dimensions
Courtesy of the artist
This work was realised with the assistance of Salomé Alis Altın, Ezel Dayı, Kiki Peri ggNash, Umut Ballıkaya
