Community Project
Othiana Roffiel led the workshop “Outer Worlds, Inner Worlds: Pictorial Creation Through Body Awareness” for a group of high school students from COBAO No. 40 in the community of Bajos de Chila, Oaxaca. Over the course of four sessions, the participants engaged in a series of body-based activities such as walks, breathing exercises, and meditations that promoted the practice of mindfulness. This allowed them to attune to both nature (sky, earth, minerals, animals, plants, etc.) and their own bodily sensations (emotions, thoughts, feelings, moods, etc.), understanding the body as the threshold where these two worlds meet. From this awareness, and with the aim of enhancing their creativity, the students approached pictorial expression from a more intuitive place. At the end of the workshop, the students displayed their work on a wall, creating a collective piece through which they shared their creative processes and personal explorations.
Additionally, Othiana shared breathing and meditation techniques with the Casa Wabi staff, providing them with tools to strengthen their emotional well-being and improve their readiness for both personal and professional life.
Additionally, Othiana shared breathing and meditation techniques with the Casa Wabi staff, providing them with tools to strengthen their emotional well-being and improve their readiness for both personal and professional life.
Log-Piece
Othiana Roffiel
Reverberaciones #1
2024
Clay
30 x 110 cm
This clay piece, produced during my residency at Casa Wabi (August-September 2024), explores how elements originally part of my pictorial language reverberate in the sculptural realm; in this case, two curves that, through multiple interpretations, can evoke parts of the body or the landscape. There is also a dialogue between the components, creating a kind of rhythm with possibilities for variation, depending on the order and orientation they may adopt. Each component was created using the mold of a roof tile, a locally produced element from the community of Agua Zarca, thus connecting personal creative processes with the community where they took place.
Reverberaciones #1
2024
Clay
30 x 110 cm
This clay piece, produced during my residency at Casa Wabi (August-September 2024), explores how elements originally part of my pictorial language reverberate in the sculptural realm; in this case, two curves that, through multiple interpretations, can evoke parts of the body or the landscape. There is also a dialogue between the components, creating a kind of rhythm with possibilities for variation, depending on the order and orientation they may adopt. Each component was created using the mold of a roof tile, a locally produced element from the community of Agua Zarca, thus connecting personal creative processes with the community where they took place.
