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Lucía Scarselletta

London
I'm an argentinian artist based in London.
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My practice investigates textile techniques as material technologies shaped by migration and extractive economies. My current research centres on gaucho braiding, a traditional rawhide craft formed by Indigenous and transnational lineages, and historically embedded within the infrastructures of Argentina’s agro-export economy.

Working across sculpture, installation, writing and film, I repurpose discarded materials, including leather garments and industrial textiles such as scaffold cloth, to examine how craft practices carry layered histories of cultural transmission and labour. My work reconsiders objects and techniques tied to systems of control, exploring how they might be reoriented towards new forms of relation and spatial encounter.

Lived Experience

I studied Fashion Design at the Buenos Aires University (FADU-UBA), Costume Design and Characterisation at the San Martín Cultural Center (CCGSM) and at the Colón Theatre Institute in Argentina. I'm part of the Conditions Online Programme 2024-6 and completed residencies at Fabra i Coats and MACBA (both in Barcelona) among others. In 2024 I was commissioned by Turf Projects for The Forever Temporary duo exhibition. As researcher, I lectured at Jan Van Eyck Akademie (Maastricht) and EINA University (Barcelona). In London I created Diario Textil, a community weaving project running at the Latin American House in London.

 

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