Mirage Fireplace, 2008
Mirrors with the exact measurements of the fireplace in the exhibitionspace of HISK
A creator of transitory and contingent architectural scenarios, José Dávila produces site-specific interventions that simulate the existing structures on the façades and interiors of buildings. Each time, he produces a specular duplicate of an actual piece of architecture in which the reproduction stands as a reduced, precarious and defunctionalized but versatile and open model. What Dávila does is create a space that portrays the architecture as such, with interventions that refute the intrinsic qualities of the constructed spaces and question the languages that define their credibility.