Choclo
2026
My father grew corn, and we knew it as "choclo" when it was tender corn. Choclo is a word derived from Chhocllo, which is Quechua word embedded in Spanish in Peru, meaning ”Chhocllo: Mazorca de maíz verde”(González Holguín, 1608). we call maize the ripe corn. During the Incas' time, Maize was called Sara (Quechua word). “Sara: maíz” (Guaman Poma de Ayala, 1980) meaning maize in general. Choclo is a word used in Peru and in some countries in South America.
The origin of maize is placed in Central America, Mexico, more than 8000 years ago, and five types of maize originated in Peru. Considering maize as a precious gift, a symbol of adaptability and resilience, this is a reminder of the importance of this seed/living thing that preserves ancestral knowledge, and we should care for it.
Informed by this staple food, I imagined this piece melting and becoming a new living organism as time passes. Melting and decomposes its shape to become part of the trunk, surviving through time and adapting to new environments.
Caring for the Impermanence, 2026. Cornflour, Juglans Nigra wood trunk. 110 x 35 x 35cm. 
Reliquaries I, 2026. Found pine wood; stalk, silks, husk and cob of maize, cornflour and screws 35 x 150 cm.
