Ryan Mendoza

During his commuter residency at the hotel, February/April 2023, between demolitions, signs, visions, model performances, and suggestions, Mendoza produced a series of works that were included in the exhibition "It's all my fault ." On one wall of the room, a photograph titled "Bed of roses" is immediately revealed to the guest, while the wallpaper pattern is a graphic reproduction of one of the artist's paintings. The guest, once wearing the visor found in the room, becomes a sort of voyeur, spying on the artist during the photo shoot, immersing themselves in a surreal environment. A stripped-back section of the wall reads the slogan: "It's all my fault ." An admission of guilt or a declaration of innocence? Hallucinatory visions of a parallel world, scenes in which "desire" manifests, guided by personal suggestions rather than social rules. Diving beyond the spatial grid, one returns to reality. A short circuit that teases and invites reflection on how we appear and how we intimately are, leaving the guest with disturbing questions about the founding goals of a new social ethic.