Pastizal Zamudio’s work stems from the spiritual and terrestrial interrelatedness of objects and spaces. Often working in site-specific installations, they explore the emotional language of architecture and its interaction with inhabitants. Zamudio’s latest work, una luz que viene de
afuera, parece abarcarlo todo [an outer beam of light, seems to touch everything] (2024), is based on the artist’s experience living in El Sitio, one of architect Christopher Alexander’s experimental housing projects built in 1975– 1976 on the US-Mexico border. Today, the site is a health facility. The elements that comprise this installation adapt Alexander’s architectural grammar, such as corner
mouldings, benches, a sliding door and a drawer. Zamudio and their neighbour manually constructed and mechanically assembled these elements in the city of Mexicali, using materials collected from the surrounding area of the artist’s former home. Installed in Old Al Dhaid Clinic, a space similar in function to the one where Zamudio grew up, the work functions as a portal and a space for contemplation. Vital forms, such as stars, suns and daffodils, bring life to the built space, and merge the visual Zeynep .z languages of the architect and Zamudio.

Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation.