“The exhibition A constellation of its other is both a house that physically protects and shelters Fernandez’s embryos and a dreamlike world in which these small beings can release their tension and allow the reverie they carry within to dwell. Within a small wooden house divided into three levels (Retreat/retiro, 2026), smaller objects are arranged in layers: a book made from shells gathered from her father’s almond orchard, small nut babies fashioned from beans and scraps of cloth, glass fragments, animal bones, cradles, and children’s playthings. These layers are carefully placed under the protection of an X-shaped motif found in ancient Spanish architecture. At times, the artist joins a pine frame that still retains the warmth of her grandfather with a walnut frame she has made herself (Nebula, 2026), creating a cradle capable of protecting the cosmic revelation held within the nebula. To see these small objects, we cannot help but lower our bodies further and crouch down. Through this act, we find ourselves entering the passageways of our own dreams. By making ourselves smaller, we encounter the wonder of a larger world coming into view, and paradoxically, we return to being small embryos, holding immense love and ready to burst at any moment. As memory sails slowly toward an unknown time that once lived and will live again, we come to find the most comforting place of our own. “

Full text by Enna Bae here

Whistle gallery, Seoul, Kr. March, 2026