Damián Choque
a ferry landing town on Lake Titicaca, Bolivia
Damián Choque started working as an elevator mechanic at fifteen, drawn into the trade by his father before his sudden departure left a hole in their family. His days are spent in the tight, dark spaces above hotel lobbies and along the municipal piers of his town on Lake Titicaca, inching through greasy shafts and keeping watch over machinery built long before his time. The sound of a certain screen door creak from childhood haunts him into sleeplessness, the sound of metal fatigue or a bolt unscrewing motivates him to check, recheck, and triple-check his work.
About
Obsession
The specific creak of a childhood screen door
Voice
The echo of ancient metal
Artistic Medium
Miniature wire sculptures
Technique
Twisting and intertwining
Influences
His father's sudden departure, morning boat rides on Lake Titicaca, that one screen door from his childhood
Materials
Discarded elevator cables, collected pebbles from the lake
Scale
Fits in the palm of your hand
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