2015
Bilingual edition, Spanish\/English
Text: Rafael Cippolini
Graphic Design: Francisco Capuzzi
Translations: Kit Maude
Fotograf\u00eda: Josefina Tommasi<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Mount Piltriquitr\u00f3n rises 2,260 metres above sea level in the town of El Bols\u00f3n, R\u00edo
Negro Province. It is the fundamental geography embraced by Sol Pipkin in a project
that takes her artistic gaze back to the place of her origins: not just the natural landscape,
but the hiking trails and their signage are transformed into a sculptural space. The
publication contains an introductory text by art critic Rafael Cippolini and fragments of a
conversation between him and the artist, as well as numerous images that bring together
Pipkin\u2019s work, her visual influences and her own handwriting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Piltriquitr\u00f3n inside is a project in which the vegetation, geology, climates, visions,
textures, accidents, paths and cartography are transformed into a symbolically rich interior
sculptural space. Piltriquit\u00f3n burst in as a metabolism converted into a mode of doing,
of making, of assessing and understanding the world. \u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rafael Cippolini<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018What most excites me is the simplicity of the construction. He places this knowledge at
our disposal, showing that we can all build and discover useful or imaginative things out
of what we have on hand. In rural life in the interior of the country, it\u00b4s much more relevant
than in the cities. However, to survive in any environment we need tiny little gestures in
which creativity is expressed by something like repairing a cracked pipe with wire. \u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sol Pipkin<\/p>\n\n\n\n