ARQ Docs Jorge Otero-Pailos
(February 2022)
Jorge Otero-Pailos
Paperback; exposed binding with dust jacket
12 x 17 cm | 149 pp.
Spanish + English
ISBN: 978-956-9571-95-4Paperback; exposed binding with dust jacket
12 x 17 cm | 149 pp.
Spanish + English
ARQ Docs Jorge Otero-Pailos examines the work of artist-architect and preservationist Jorge Otero-Pailos. Drawing on his architectural training, he creates art that explores memory, history, and transition, inviting viewers to see monuments as cultural agents. Otero-Pailos uses the material residues of modernity—atmospheric dust, waterways, sweat traces, sonic imprints, maps, and security grilles—to reveal hidden meanings. His ongoing series, The Ethics of Dust, spans more than a decade and includes cleanings at Venice’s Doge’s Palace; Westminster Hall, London; the U.S. Mint, San Francisco; and Trajan’s Column at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Contents
Side A – De-scribed Fragments
Side B – Ritual Cleaning
Jorge Otero-Pailos is an artist, architect, and preservationist based in New York. He holds degrees from Cornell University and a PhD in Architecture from MIT. His site-specific series The Ethics of Dust reveals hidden traces at monuments worldwide. Awarded the Roy Lichtenstein Residency at the American Academy in Rome (2021–22), he is Professor of Historic Preservation at Columbia GSAPP.Side A – De-scribed Fragments
Side B – Ritual Cleaning