Rafael Rodriguez
Prototype No. 1: The possible and the actual
January 24 - March 7, 2020
Motion introduces into being a scission through which being is separated from its own being. What is finds itself separated from what it is, since what it is may or may not occur to it without it necessarily not being anymore. […] Why is being what it is and what it is not at one and the same time?
Prototype No.1: the possible and the actual considers the modal distinction between the possible and the actual that underlays our idea of motion and change. It offers an experience of the scission or division that separates an object from itself while it is in motion. The featured sculptures touch upon this scission through language of prototyping, its material constitution and visual devices.
The title hints at the modal distinction, in the field of philosophy, between the possible and the actual. This distinction attempts to bridge the gap that motion introduces on an object’s identity by orienting it towards its end. The concept of prototyping presupposes the distinction between the possible and the actual. The language of prototyping serves as a guiding thread to focus on this gap that motion introduces and the paradox or contradiction it produces. An object in motion is and is not at one and the same time.
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Rafael Rodriguez Gárciga was born in the town of Cojimar, a small fishing village east of La Habana, Cuba. Growing up in a fishing village exposed him at a young age to the process of boat building. This early exposure instilled in him an interest for wood carving and fabrication that developed into an interest in sculpture.He attended the National Academy of Fine Arts San Alejandro. In 2010, Rafael emigrated to Miami where he earned a BFA from New World School of the Arts. He has shown locally at Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Aluna Art Foundation, Miami Biennale and The Yard at Casalin.