The exhibition, curated by Nerea Ubieto, is located on the 4th floor of the center and features a new production project alongside a selection of pieces developed since 2010. The works revolve around Lio's main artistic interests: drawing, urban graphics, biocentrismo, ways of inhabiting the world, poetry, and the relationship between images and words.
‘Sobre/salto’ is structured around two symbolic axes: nature and technology, sky and earth. The exhibition begins with works inspired by roots, seeds, terrestrial and celestial atlases, birds of prey, and refuge nests. It continues with drones and wings on sheet music, culminating in a large central installation: a forest of parachutes serving as a metaphor for existence, inspired by Vicente Huidobro's poem Altazor.
In the next space, representations of tree trunks and leaf venation are explored as an analogy for urban circulation routes. Through her urban and graphic platform, Hacer la calle. Lo digo con un cartel, the artist displays open, poetic, and political messages that encourage activism in the urban space.
The Palacio de Cibeles building itself, home to CentroCentro, is incorporated into the project. Its history, uses, and inhabitants activate reflections on communication and connections with our environment, materialized in six mail art pieces, 12 postcards, and several posters created for this occasion.
Laura Lio (Buenos Aires, 1967) has resided in Madrid since 1990 and has developed sculptures, installations, site-specific projects, and works on paper. She has held 25 solo exhibitions in Spain, Argentina, France, Italy, and Switzerland, and her work is exhibited at international art fairs such as ARCO and Estampa. Her pieces are part of collections including the Museo Reina Sofía and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Madrid.
Curator Nerea Ubieto (Zaragoza, 1984) is an independent curator, cultural manager, art critic, and screenwriter. She has curated projects at institutions like Matadero Madrid and DA2 Salamanca, focusing on contemporary visual culture and philosophical issues related to dissident identities, feminisms, and spirituality.
