Video Link: “Little Spies Spread Around the City” | Residency journal of Bárbara Sánchez-Kane

“I become like a plinth in a way… I drape with my body a lot.”

In the practice of Bárbara Sánchez-Kane, clothing, sculpture, and research permeate one another, becoming different entry points to understanding power, rhythm, and flow. During his residency at CHERUBY in Shanghai, inspiration often emerged through movement and accident—classical gardens in Suzhou, bodily training at a circus school, tactile encounters in fabric markets, even a spider in the studio. Nearly every sensory encounter was transformed into a creative cue, subtly extending the trajectory of his thinking.

With this film, CHERUBY delves into the threads left behind by Sánchez-Kane during his residency in Shanghai. It is not a retrospective of finished works, but an observational practice that brings us closer to his modes of thinking and processes of becoming. Centered on his working state, the film captures those moments in which materials are tested, structures are overturned, and the body is continually negotiating with systems—moments still in formation.

“Bárbara Sánchez-Kane: Coro de Soles Menores” is commissioned by CHERUBY