Speech Patterns marks the next chapter in Caballero’s investigation of voice, form and translation, evolving her explorations of performance-driven materiality. Radical Repair, the very first work from this new series, uses digital and artisanal tooling to visualize a performative presentation given by the artist during Berlin Art Week.
In her previous performance-based series, Paperwork, audience reactions to her poetry readings were translated into digital and physical paper sculptures, each representing one individual’s experience of her verse. Caballero turned these reactions into raw material, using audience members’ handwritten responses to actuate compositions from latent space that represented the relationship between speaker and listener.
Caballero’s Speech Patterns are not born from interpretation but from intent. In doing so, the work investigates the tension between preparation and spontaneity, the script and the utterance, the body of words and the event of voice.
Ultimately, Speech Patterns reconsiders performance beyond the moment of delivery, translating it into structured potential. The sculpture becomes both archive and proposition: a speech-act frozen into shape.
Dimensions:
3D printed physical sculpture, hand-painted and detailed
70 h x 50 w cms
Base: Aluminum
Figure: Hand-molded Polystyrene by Colombian artisans
Double coat of paint with a matte finish
Tokenized digital twin
