Petra Martinez Lostline, 2024

The past, evaporated from the damp mind in the trap of time, often falls in drops to the cooler upper lands of the body, where memories begin to flow in their power, branching and spreading. As they flow downwards, they take the most direct route possible, the wind shapes determining the direction of their flow. Time begins to consume the sub-surface substrate.

In a place where the current flows for a very long time, a l o s t l i n e is formed in the course of the cycle.

Petra Martinez is a mobile artist and craftswoman whose often site-specific and process-oriented works traverse the backyards of sensations and the wastelands of memories. Her work is intuitive and experimental, combining different materials and media..