For ArteBA 2018, Galeria Nara Roesler presents Eduardo Navarro’s solo project Letters to Earth. The project consists in 100 life-size bronze walnuts containing a portion of real nutmeat inside. Navarro's proposal seeks to extend the life of the walnut, creating a veritable time capsule. Beyond casting both halves of each walnut in bronze, the process entails encasing a nutmeat piece in heatproof plaster. This is placed inside both bronze halves, which are sealed with vacuum bronze welding. These new walnuts, whose existence can extend up to 3,000 years, will be buried in 25 years, turning into 100 letters with an uncertain recipient and returning to the earth the elements that compose them.
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