Art installation of several semi-transparent white panels with cut-out patterns, hanging from ceiling in an indoor space.

Macuto // #Macuto

“Light imbues the world with color, yet remains unattainable and invisible in its essence.” Armando Reveron

Year: 2016

Materials: Transparent PVC.

Dimensions: 28” x 48”

Show: XIX Fair of Iberoamerican Art - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo del Zulia permanent collection

Bright, white, blurred background with faint vertical and horizontal reflections, possibly a glass or glossy surface.
A frosted glass surface with faint vertical and rectangular patterns, reflecting light.

Macuto translates Instagram images tagged with #macuto into seven perforated plastic sheets. Social media photos are analyzed for color data and compared to Reverón's color palettes from the same location, creating cutting patterns for the transparent plastic. Light passes through the calculated perforations, creating shifting shadows as viewers move around the suspended sheets.

  • Summary of a photo collection showing total downloads, users, and matching colors, with a mosaic of tiny images categorized by color distribution: blue (77%), brown (15%), and green (8%).
  • A map and infographic showing data about Macuto, with icons of a beach umbrella, fish, and government buildings, and percentages indicating distribution of different categories.
  • A color palette chart showing various Pantone colors with their corresponding percentages. The chart includes colors like PANTONE 290 C, PANTONE COOL GRAY 1 C, PANTONE 649 C, PANTONE 663 C, PANTONE 7546 C, PANTONE 7545 C, PANTONE 7544 C, PANTONE WARM GRAY 11 C, PANTONE 409 C, PANTONE 7529 C, PANTONE 7541 C, PANTONE 417 C, PANTONE 7494 C, and PANTONE 7545 C, with some colors associated with specific percentages, such as 44%, 66%, and 37%.
  • A chart analyzing six paintings using online application to generate color palettes, with various Pantone color codes and percentage compositions for each artwork.
  • Abstract album cover art featuring vertical colored bars of various shades and sizes with the word "RURU" repeated at the bottom.
  • Photograph of a slide with Spanish text 'Repetición por tiempo y lugar' at the top, displaying five columns of small images representing different scenes, titled 'Cielo & Mar' and 'Atardecer balneario'.
  • Map showing the locations of sunset at the beach, land, and towards the Galápagos Islands with labels in Spanish: 'Atardecer balneario', 'Tierra', 'Atardecer balneario', and 'Hacia Galápagos'.

693 Instagram images geolocated in Macuto were collected and organized by geographic clusters (beach, town center, mountains). Dominant colors were extracted using Pantone analysis and compared to color palettes derived from six Reverón paintings of the same locations. The comparative color data determined perforation patterns for each plastic sheet, with color frequency translating to hole density and placement. Temporal posting patterns influenced the overall distribution of perforations across the seven panels.