Rosa Recita Ro

2025

“My thinking over the past few years has revolved around the word — what is said and what is unsaid — the (im)possibility of communication. I seek to create, through the forced use of elements of oral and written communication, a new possibility of language that allows me to reach the meaning of meaninglessness through an exploration that appears incomprehensible. What I pursue, by inventing words and using them naturally, is to question the power of words to designate: what happens when they no longer represent, and yet a possible interpretation of the discourse still exists? Words without referents, stripped of things, begin to speak of other things, in another way, with another scope and a new meaning. I invent words that sound unfamiliar, but through the narrative, clues for decoding arise. I invent a new place, a new exploration. New words for new experiences: it is about rethinking everything once again. This exploratory and experimental path is a space of freedom. It goes beyond poetry, beyond words. It is a de-hierarchized artistic practice that does not seek to establish itself through affirmation, but through doubt, questioning, and inquiry. For this particular work, I turned to humor and artificial intelligence (AI) to give voice to a ceramic piece created by artist Silvina Cavallaro, immersed in a chaotic world made through various artistic processes.”

AI Context

AI was used as a tool to bring together elements of diverse origins: letterpress printing + digital painting + ceramics + audio.

Ro Barragán

Argentina

Bio

Visual artist. Master in Aesthetics and Art Theory from UNLP. Professor and graduate in Fine Arts. Full Professor of the Complementary Printmaking Workshop at the Faculty of Arts, UNLP, where she also develops research and community outreach activities. Creator of Ilusión Gráfica, a studio-printshop-workshop dedicated to the practice and teaching of graphic arts, which also seeks to preserve the traditional craft of letterpress printing.