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To braid is to intertwine in the same way as we make garlands of flowers, to welcome and celebrate the other person. For this immersive exhibition, Omar Castillo Alfaro is presenting a group of sculptures from his ‘Naab’ project. In Mayan, ‘naab’ means ‘flower’. In Mesoamerica, several centuries after Christ, there was a school of painters who signed their work with flowers; ‘naab’ is a ritual symbol between two worlds, the terrestrial and the aquatic.
To braid is to connect and pass. To pass from one to another by creating a link. Braiding also means knotting. To tie a friendship, the word is …