When we speak of “sensual forms”, we often refers to those fine curved lines coiled one on top of the other, but sensuality can be flat and unchanging. Smooth, cold, reflective, bitter, arid, rough. An ornamented surface may be austere. Ornamentation can not only occur without adornment, but can actually be more effective that way: when there are no witnesses.

A previous version of this text was originally published in the catalogue of El Hecho Alegre/The Happy Fact, held at La Casa Encendida Madrid, in 2019 curated by Tania Pardo.