The sea holds endless mysteries. Like a repository of memories, it crashes against the rocks, bursting with a multitude of colors and textures; it carries objects and living beings back and forth, revealing traces of a million routes and journeys. Life persists here in shards and fragments—rusting metals, metabolizing and decomposing a vast array of materials. Elena Landinez is a collector of this "waste"—to borrow a term from the poet Manoel de Barros. Attuned to seemingly i

The More-Than-Human Rights Mural Elena Landinez, César Rodríguez-Garavito PVC-free wallpaper, acetate Design Museum, London, 2025 This mural records the names of rivers that have been awarded legal rights by the countries through which they flow, as well as land surrounding waterways whose rights have been debated in court. These constitutional provisions, court rulings and declarations protect the integrity of rivers and, by extension, the many species (including humans) who

What can we say to the Sea? An installation showcasing an island of collected plastics and objects gathered during different tides on the beaches of Salvador. Generally, on rainy days, the beaches are flooded with plastic and trash carried by the waters flowing into the sea. Plastic is a species created by us, humans; its usefulness today surpasses the limits of invasiveness. This installation took place during the artistic occupation, Possible Futures, at the Zona Fluxus stu