Madeleine Aguilar tells stories, builds archives, maps spaces, constructs furniture, records histories, organizes data, catalogs objects, prints publications, creates frameworks, collects imagery, acquires trades, ties knots, repurposes materials, imitates structures, utilizes chance, plays instruments, follows intuition, prompts participation, guides observation, leaves evidence, develops routines, takes walks, breaks habits, and makes lists.
doorbell is a multiple containing a handmade chime, a mallet, and a booklet of scores. Score #7 reads “Use in place of a misplaced object”. Edition of 12.
bench for 2 is a seat that deconstructs into two equal parts so two people can each possess half of a bench and put it back together, together.
mobile music maker ii is an instrument designed to provide space for two people to have a conversation through sound, regardless of musical ability. It was constructed during my residency at Compound Yellow in Oak Park, IL using found objects and materials I gathered there.
songs for trees is an index of the sounds of various types of local tree species, including pine, douglas fir, white oak, hackberry, sassafras, walnut, maple, poplar, cherry, honey locust, and ash.
interior/exterior is a view through all of the windows of the home I grew up in. This publication was my contribution to models for departure, a portfolio containing books produced in collaboration with each of my family members in response to moving. Each person was asked to commemorate an aspect of the home that they wanted to remember.