Koji Taylor & Aldo Aguilar

Untitled Sculpture 2024

Scrap paper, lumber, fasteners, plastic, used treadmill, washers, and wood glue. 

6 x 7 x 2 ft

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The sculpture is in the shape of an Ouroboros, a serpent eating its own tail. The ancient symbol represents the idea of reciprocity, continuation, and a cycle of coming back to where one was once before. It also represents consumption, as the serpent that devours its own tail will eventually devour itself.

Today, nearly everything we use has a single purpose and lends nothing toward reproduction; a plastic water bottle will not be recycled, a Wayfair couch must be quickly replaced, and unchargeable vapes run dry lithium mines. Our desperate overuse of disposable, unnatural products indicates how we’ve forgotten that the Earth we bury them in is our final resting place, too.

It’s easy to fall into destructive cycles that perpetually damage ourselves and our environment. To heal, what old cycles can we return to? What new cycles can we try? In this work, we reassembled salvaged materials into a sculpture to explore how to build back to a state of balance by working with what we’ve got. 

Special thanks to Lu Poteshman, Zachary Masotto, Wayne Valliere, Dr. Joey Valle, Carlos Zapeta, Tyler Felson, Brooklyn Public Library, Nia Brewster, Patrick Edelen, Max Ruibal, Moses Villanueva, Zoe Perls, Bridge Robinson, Jordan Panzier, Catie Moore, Alexa Kim, Jonathan Benitez, Ben Wade, Hannah Boruchov, and Aidan McKenna. 

This work would not have been possible without Carlos Zapeta of Baez Tirez & Rimz (416 Rogers Avenue, Brooklyn NY).This work would not have been possible without Carlos Zapeta of Baez Tirez & Rimz (416 Rogers Avenue, Brooklyn NY).

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