Spanish-Colombian multidisciplinary artist Carlos Blanco transforms The Slit into a breathing space where air becomes both medium and metaphor. Through three interconnected projects—Exhalations, The Magic Wand, and La Vorágine / Turmoils—Blanco orchestrates a meditation on movement, territory, and the political turbulence that defines our contemporary moment.

At the heart of Blanco's practice lies a fascination with air as life's most fundamental element. His work captures air in its dual nature: as the breath that sustains us and as the force that carries destruction across borders. Using inflatables, drawings, and performance, he creates works that literally breathe—expanding and contracting, filling and emptying—mirroring the rhythms of existence itself.

Blanco's exhibition arrives at a moment when our relationship to information, movement, and political reality feels increasingly volatile. His works function as pressure valves, releasing the accumulated tension of living in an era defined by the "immediacy of information technology." They ask urgent questions: How do we breathe in a world choked by conflict? What does it mean to move freely when borders are militarized? How do we process the constant stream of crisis that flows through our screens?

In transforming The Slit into an environment where air circulates through sculptural forms, Blanco creates space for reflection within the rush of contemporary life. His exhibition becomes an oxygen mask for our political moment—offering the viewer a chance to pause, breathe, and consider the forces that shape our shared atmosphere.

The artist's interest in "conditioning air for a specific purpose" extends beyond the gallery walls, suggesting that art itself might serve as a life-support system for critical thinking in an age of information overload. Through works that inhale global tensions and exhale artistic response, Blanco demonstrates how contemporary art can provide essential breathing room for both individual contemplation and collective resistance.

RSVP Opening Saturday 13, 2025 6pm-9pm