“Bululú”
2023-2025
copper, copper-aluminum alloys, aluminum, aluminum-copper alloys
20cm x 60cm x 60cm
26 Kilos
“Bululú” is the amalgamation of the first two years of experimental metal alloying and metal casting Santiago Burelli developed at his foundry located at the OBJEKT4000 bunker.
Bululú is a spanish term that refers to a large, disorderly crowd, or a noisy commotion caused by many people gathered in one place.
Through various modern metal casting techniques - to actively avoid dogmatic and formulaic metal casting tradition - Burelli created a collection of works that address allegedly juxtaposing themes:
figurative v. abstract
industrial v. organic
human v. nature
waste v. assets
After two years researching illegal extractivist mining, Burelli has traced the extractive process from clandestine mines in the Amazon directly into his own alchemical practice as a self-taught metal caster. Experimenting with alloying, modern casting techniques, and the sonification of extractivist materials, Burelli presents “Bululú,” a collection of works that straddle the line between the abstract and the figurative, the organic and the industrial.
Using recycled metals sourced from scrap yards and melted down, he restructures these materials into heaps of bones, fossils, and metallic rocks—forms that both extend and interrupt the industrial process while echoing the history of archaeology, from dinosaur fossils to human remains.