The Alchemy of Light: Las Ánimas: Trini Salamanca & Pablo Párraga – Black Room

In The Alchemy of Light, Las Ánimas — the artistic duo formed by Trini Salamanca and Pablo Párraga — unveil a series of resin totems that pulse with color, mystery, and symbolic force. Presented in the gallery’s black room, the exhibition becomes a charged ritual space where material, light, and form are transformed into sensory encounters.

Each totem is the result of a meticulous process, where epoxy resin is manually cast and controlled with precision — balancing temperature, humidity, and catalysis. The resulting forms are bold, luminous, and saturated with color, standing like ceremonial objects charged with symbolic energy. These are not just sculptures; they are markers of an invented mythology, blending the esoteric with the futuristic.

Drawing from tribal aesthetics, cybernetic visions, and personal memory, Las Ánimas explore the possibilities of material alchemy. Their work distorts the boundaries between object and aura, between the seen and the sensed. In the darkness of the space, the totems glow — becoming both artifact and apparition, body and symbol.

The Alchemy of Light invites us into a dreamlike encounter where the physical intensity of color and the tactile sheen of resin evoke an altered reality. In this space, tradition, mysticism, and material experimentation merge — giving form to visions that feel both ancient and yet to come.