El desierto que somos (The Desert We Are) project is made up of three-dimensional palimpsests that fuse Murano glass, 3D ceramic printing and interactive technologies to address desertification in the European rural landscape. Aimed at scientists, environmentalists, local communities and lovers of contemporary art, it uses collaborative processes and traditional materials to question the perception of the territory and reflect on the exploitation of the land. In collaboration with Jetclay and Godot Studio, and within the framework of this project, Saray Pérez has developed a series of 3D printed ceramic columns based on the scanning of remains of materials that the sea returns to the beaches. This project seeks to represent the souls abandoned in the Mediterranean sea in their journey to reach Europe.

About the creative talent

Saray Pérez Castilla is a transdisciplinary artist and researcher. Since 2013 she has explored the perceptual landscape in territories of sensory invisibility, a product of colonization. From that perspective she places both her work and her artistic practice in territories where socio-speculative ambitions have given way to the forgetting of identity and memory.