TAJOGAITE 2021/2024 La Palma, Canary Islands - The artist finds themselves at the epicenter of the 2021 eruption of the Tajogaite volcano, a cataclysmic event unfolding right in front of their home. Their direct involvement in this dramatic occurrence becomes the starting point for a visual inquiry that unfolds along the delicate boundary between faithful documentation of what transpired and the bold foray into the imaginative horizons it evokes. Within this exploration, emerge unprecedented and ancestral questions about the coexistence of destruction and creation. At the heart of this inquiry lies the investigation into how the devastating impact of a cataclysm can serve as fertile ground for new expressive forms. The images presented here take on the role of windows into a world where the boundary between faithful documentation and imagination becomes blurred
