This work is based on a fuel filter, found in the house of my maternal grandparents. That piece was part of an electricity-generating engine, which worked before the power lines reached his house. I imagine my grandparents operating that machine: One hand opened the stopcock and the fuel circulated through the glass receptacle, amid the noise and smoke. In exchange for the monotonous rhythm of its operation, some lights were turned on. Everyday life was sustained by these gestures, on a delicate edge, in which this and other machines protected them. From this finding, I built a cyborg heart that worked with my own heartbeat, as a way to remember and merge that machine/gesture. In the construction process, materials related to both the operation of the machines and the body converged. Hoses, containers and fluids that regulate the life of engines and organisms.
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