PADA 49
How to Break a Broken Cistem
featuring Aaron Dees, adrian almquist, Ali Darke, Cornelia Hermansson, Daan Russcher, E. Saffronia Downing, Emma Louise Moore, Jara von Lüpke, MÁLA STUDIO (Hannah Whelan), Stephanie Pau
curated by Reina del Mar
international residency
january 2025
exhibition map + curatorial text








Jara von Lüpke, False tongues. Wax, variable dimensions. 2025


Cornelia Hermansson, Untitled. Oil on jute, 30 x 30 cm. 2025

Jara von Lüpke, Losing my marbles. Wax, iron, glove, variable dimensions. 2025

Jara von Lüpke, Losing my marbles. Wax, iron, glove, variable dimensions. 2025

Jara von Lüpke, Losing my marbles. Wax, iron, glove, variable dimensions. 2025


Cornelia Hermansson, Untitled. Oil on jute, 30 x 30 cm. 2025

Ali Darke, ALMOST (ii). Paper, graphite, crayon, 29,7 x 42,0 cm. 2025

Ali Darke, ALMOST (i). Metal, leather glove fragments, variable dimensions. 2025

Ali Darke, ALMOST (i). Metal, leather glove fragments, variable dimensions. 2025

Ali Darke, ALMOST (i). Metal, leather glove fragments, variable dimensions. 2025

Ali Darke, ALMOST (i). Metal, leather glove fragments, variable dimensions. 2025

MÁLA STUDIO (Hannah Whelan), Comber. Salvaged fibers, varied dimensions. 2025


E. Saffronia Downing, Cobblestones. Barreiro earthenware, stoneware, englobe, cobalt, foraged caput mortuum, sand, brick fragments, variable dimensions. 2025

E. Saffronia Downing, Cobblestones. Barreiro earthenware, stoneware, englobe, cobalt, foraged caput mortuum, sand, brick fragments, variable dimensions. 2025

E. Saffronia Downing, Cobblestones. Barreiro earthenware, stoneware, englobe, cobalt, foraged caput mortuum, sand, brick fragments, variable dimensions. 2025

E. Saffronia Downing, Cobblestones. Barreiro earthenware, stoneware, englobe, cobalt, foraged caput mortuum, sand, brick fragments, variable dimensions. 2025

adrian almquist, we are woven together. Salvaged wood pallet, salvaged pine, 146 x 100 x 20 cm. 2025

adrian almquist, we are woven together. Salvaged wood pallet, salvaged pine, 146 x 100 x 20 cm. 2025


Emma Louise Moore, Grafter 2. Motor, found objects, varied dimensions. 2025

Emma Louise Moore, Grafter 2. Motor, found objects, varied dimensions. 2025

Emma Louise Moore, Grafter 1. Motor, found objects, varied dimensions. 2025

Emma Louise Moore, Grafter 1. Motor, found objects, varied dimensions. 2025

Daan Russcher, Melting Wall. Digital prints on paper and canvas, 102 x 207 cm. 2025

Daan Russcher, Melting Wall. Digital prints on paper and canvas, 102 x 207 cm. 2025

E. Saffronia Downing, Cobblestones (Placed). Photo print, 37 x 28 cm. 2025

Aaron Dees, Um passeio no parque. Acrylic on canvas, 102 x 103 cm. 2025

Stephanie Pau, Power struggles on Spaceship Earth. Installation of a warped beam of wood - marred by a march of a fire, a bundle of broken structures, iron pallets from pyrite processing. Activated through see-saw actions. Bonus if the beam breaks. Approx. 250 x 35 x 5 cm (beam is 242 x 13 x 6 cm). 2025

Stephanie Pau, Power struggles on Spaceship Earth. Installation of a warped beam of wood - marred by a march of a fire, a bundle of broken structures, iron pallets from pyrite processing. Activated through see-saw actions. Bonus if the beam breaks. Approx. 250 x 35 x 5 cm (beam is 242 x 13 x 6 cm). 2025

Stephanie Pau, Power struggles on Spaceship Earth. Installation of a warped beam of wood - marred by a march of a fire, a bundle of broken structures, iron pallets from pyrite processing. Activated through see-saw actions. Bonus if the beam breaks. Approx. 250 x 35 x 5 cm (beam is 242 x 13 x 6 cm). 2025