{"id":926,"date":"2020-07-17T05:15:43","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T03:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/?page_id=926"},"modified":"2026-04-06T21:25:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:25:18","slug":"memory-containers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/en\/memory-containers\/","title":{"rendered":"Memory containers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-926 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1-Contenedor-de-plagas.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1-Contenedor-de-plagas.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1-Contenedor-de-plagas.jpg 700w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1-Contenedor-de-plagas-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2-detalle-Plagas.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2-detalle-Plagas.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2-detalle-Plagas.jpg 700w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2-detalle-Plagas-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-929'>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Pest Container<\/strong><br> 38 x 18 x 14 cm<br> Stoneware, iron. Bisque-fired at 1000\u00b0C<br> and finished at 1100\u00b0C.<br> 1995<br> Private collection\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-Contenedor-del-Poder.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-Contenedor-del-Poder.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-Contenedor-del-Poder.jpg 700w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-Contenedor-del-Poder-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4-detalle-poder.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4-detalle-poder.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4-detalle-poder.jpg 700w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4-detalle-poder-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-933'>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Power Container<\/strong><br> 17.7 x 20.5 x 13 cm<br> Stoneware, iron, silicon plate, lights, electrical system, and timer switch.<br> Bisque-fired at 1000\u00b0C and finished at 1100\u00b0C.<br> Sandblasted and fired with sawdust.<br> 2002\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl 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src=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/6-Detalle-Memoria-IV.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/6-Detalle-Memoria-IV.jpg 700w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/6-Detalle-Memoria-IV-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-935'>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Memory Container IV<\/strong><br> 27 x 17 cm diameter<br> Stoneware, iron, glass, magnifying lens, object,<br> lights, electrical system, and timer switch.<br> Bisque-fired at 1000\u00b0C and finished at 1280\u00b0C.<br> 2012\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/7-Contenedor-de-T\u00f3xicos-a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"874\" src=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/7-Contenedor-de-T\u00f3xicos-a.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/7-Contenedor-de-T\u00f3xicos-a.jpg 800w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/7-Contenedor-de-T\u00f3xicos-a-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/7-Contenedor-de-T\u00f3xicos-a-768x839.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/7-Contenedor-de-T\u00f3xicos-a-700x765.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-431'>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Toxic Waste Container<\/strong><br> 31 x 20 cm diameter<br> Stoneware, iron, glass, magnifying lenses, flu virus, lights, electrical system, and timer switch.<br> Bisque-fired at 1000\u00b0C and finished at 1100\u00b0C.<br> Sawdust firing.<br> 1999\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/9-Contenedor-del-Tiempo.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/9-Contenedor-del-Tiempo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/9-Contenedor-del-Tiempo.jpg 700w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/9-Contenedor-del-Tiempo-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/10-Detalle-Tiempo.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"711\" src=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/10-Detalle-Tiempo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/10-Detalle-Tiempo.jpg 700w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/10-Detalle-Tiempo-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-941'>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Time Container<\/strong><br> 28 x 24 x 15 cm<br> Stoneware, iron, glass. Bisque-fired at 1000\u00b0C and finished at 1100\u00b0C.<br> Sawdust firing.<br> 1999\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/11-Contenedor-de-Estructuras-.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"1050\" src=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/11-Contenedor-de-Estructuras-.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/11-Contenedor-de-Estructuras-.jpg 700w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/11-Contenedor-de-Estructuras--200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/11-Contenedor-de-Estructuras--683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/12-detalle-estructuras.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/12-detalle-estructuras.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/12-detalle-estructuras.jpg 700w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/12-detalle-estructuras-292x300.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-945'>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Structures Container<\/strong><br> 31 x 20 cm diameter<br> Stoneware, iron, glass, magnifying lenses, object, lights, electrical system, and timer switch.<br> Bisque-fired at 1000\u00b0C and finished at 1160\u00b0C.<br> sawdust firing.<br> 2013\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]\u201cThere will always be more things in a closed chest that in open one. Verification is the death of the images.\u00a0 Imagining will always be greater that living\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>G. Bachelard<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The poetics of space<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator transparent center \">[vc_separator type=&#8217;transparent&#8217; position=&#8217;center&#8217; color=&#8221; thickness=&#8221; up=&#8217;20&#8217; down=&#8217;20&#8217;]<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe have altered our environment so radically that now we must alter ourselves so as to be able to exit in it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Nobert Wiener<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Cybernetics or control and communication in animals and machines<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[vc_separator type=&#8217;small&#8217; position=&#8217;center&#8217; color=&#8217;#ccc&#8217; thickness=&#8221; up=&#8217;30&#8217; down=&#8217;30&#8217;]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In this project, my interest is to show what remains after the industrial process. Indestructible materials that remain unalterable with time and that in some cases we must protect from the annihilating powers that they are composed of.[vc_separator type=&#8217;transparent&#8217; position=&#8217;center&#8217; color=&#8221; thickness=&#8221; up=&#8221; down=&#8221;]The container has given solution to so many incognitos, but it is incognito in itself. The Industry has developed it as an artificial and perfectly indispensable element. The same industry seeks answers and continues developing models of containers. The most critical containers are the ones intended to accumulate aggressive or lethal products. It is the very same technique that causes them the one believed to be able to defend us against them and also seeks to confine them in safe places.[vc_separator type=&#8217;transparent&#8217; position=&#8217;center&#8217; color=&#8221; thickness=&#8221; up=&#8221; down=&#8221;]Although this is not the only sense in which directing the project, as this symbiosis between interior and exterior, and the meaning of protection or defense will attempt to combine evenly. These readings intend to provide the fullest possible relationship industry waste, contaminated areas and items in process of alteration, in a game in which the protection against the exterior or defense of the content to a dehumanized outside are signs of an extreme growth.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;] [\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]\u201cThere will always be more things in a closed chest that in open one. Verification is the death of the images.\u00a0 Imagining will always be greater that living\u201d. G. 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