Cosmos

COSMOS is an Artist Book by architect Eduardo Terrazas, published in parallel with his last exhibition held at the Museo Experimental del ECO in México City. The catalogue includes views of the installation presented at El Eco and presents in detail each of the pieces exhibited, as well as observing the different assemblies and installations prepared exclusively for this exhibition. In the late sixties, Terrazas met Huichol craftsman Santos Motoapohua de la Torre de Santiago, with whom he began a collaborative relationship that continues to this day. Terrazas observed and learned from him how to apply the technique used by the Huichol to capture scenes related to gods and symbols from their worldview, with a sacred geometry that emerges from meditative states or trances. In this technique, threads of yarn are meticulously applied on wooden boards or frames coated with Campeche wax, forming sections of color and creating scenes that emerge in different shades depending on how the strands are placed.