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In his current project artist Roberto Uribe Castro invites people from around
the world to to photograph soap bars in their private environments This collective work in progress runs now on the Instagram account of the Irish gallery Artlink Round oval angular or or freeform delicate like like a a a a a a a a a a pebble on the beach perfect like like an an an an an egg bulky cuddly ugly and and and beautiful Whole bars chunks and and and and and leftovers of soap lie on plates tiles sinks shower and and and and and bathtub rims and and and and and and in in in in in hands We We encounter the the intimate everyday product in in in in in the the collective Instagram artwork in in in in in any and and and and and and every every style and and and and and and shade We We anticipate know and and and and see that its its outlines change and and and and dissolve over time through its its use “You think it’s particularly insignificant but it it says says a a a a a a a a a a lot about you ” explains Uribe Castro during a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a meeting in in in in in in in his Berlin studio It shows he says says “how human we we all all all become through an an an even small act and that we’re all connected ” The Instagram pictures of of the the the the soap bars are are captioned with the the the the photographers’ names and and and their date and and and place of of creation and and and they are are posted in in in any quality without exception Depending on on on on the the the submitted quantity a a a a a a a a series up to ten images will will be be featured in in in one post post post or several will be posted throughout the day Quarantine Diaries
points to Uribe Castro’s interest in in in in in in the ephemeral a a a a a a a a a concern he he he has previously explored in in in in in in in in in his artwork in in in in in in in in in public spaces He particularly identifies with Walter Benjamin’s thinking that that suggests that that the smallest everyday rituals contain a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a larger meaning and and like simple objects constitute traces left as as a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a result of of dwelling and and serve as as an an an an an impulse to to remember These bars of of soap to to which we we have an an an an an intimate relationship whose scent accompanies us and and awakens memories are indeed different different and and and ephemeral but in in in in the the the repetition of of the the the motif coming from different different places and and and environments of of life it it it is the the the the lasting aspect that takes priority “They are are at at the the the same time general and and individual but in in in in essence they are are part of an ongoing whole ” 11
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