January 19 - April 17, 2026
Casa Axis welcomed Valencian artist LUCE for a period of research and production that explored how everyday urban elements can be transformed into sculptural forms and narrative devices. Rooted in the chance discovery of abandoned streetlights, the project evolved through a collaborative process of collecting, transporting, intervening, and rethinking these objects within the context of Casa Axis.
Developed in close dialogue with Felipe Pantone, the residency revolved around a reclaimed streetlight that gradually became the central element of the project. Long associated with LUCE's graffiti practice, where streetlights become silent markers along the routes of writing through the city, the object was approached here from a new perspective. Through perforation, structural intervention, and subtle acts of reconfiguration, the familiar urban element was stripped of its original function and transformed into a sculptural device. During the days spent at Casa Axis, the garden became an active workspace where ideas were tested, pieces were moved, and decisions emerged through making.
As the process expanded, intervened awnings, drawings, and found objects naturally entered into dialogue with the streetlights, extending LUCE's visual language through a shared vocabulary of inscription, modification, and repetition. These works transformed everyday materials into autonomous sculptural forms while continuing the artist's ongoing interest in altering the function of ordinary urban structures to reveal new spatial and conceptual possibilities.
The body of work developed during this time was later presented in Lo que deja de pasar, an exhibition installed throughout Casa Axis that offered a glimpse into this period of experimentation, collaboration, and material exploration, where the language of the street found new expression through sculpture, installation, and contemporary artistic research.
Following the exhibition, one of the intervened streetlights found its permanent home in the Casa Axis garden, becoming part of its growing sculpture park and leaving a lasting trace of the residency within the space itself.
