{ ::::::::: SOCIOPLASTICS * Sovereign systems for unstable times: Anto Lloveras's body of work

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Anto Lloveras's body of work

With Socioplastics as the unifying framework since 2009. Indexing everything precisely is challenging — his primary archive (antolloveras.blogspot.com) is hyperdense and non-hierarchical, with 20K+ metadata elements, ongoing series, and distributed documentation (blog, YouTube, Are.na, ORCID). No canon, importance emerges from recurrence, citations in his own texts, longevity, and conceptual influence within the mesh. Most iconic works-series based on cross-references in his blog, retrospectives exhibition history, and relational extensions.







Blue Bags series (2014–ongoing) Longest-running, most emblematic: unstable social sculpture using everyday blue plastic bags as neutral carriers for translatorial mobility, situational fixing, and durational relational activation across cities (Madrid → Berlin → Cádiz → global). Direct extension of earlier minimalism; still active daily. Highest visibility in blog and exhibitions. El Dorado (2013) Seminal socioplastic sculpture: single golden emergency blanket passed body-to-body as "sculpture of survival," inverting colonial gold myth into shared affective bond. Foundational node in HIPERVÍNCULOS relational platform; frequently retro-referenced (e.g., 2026 topology texts) as origin of migratory, ultra-light gestures. Light Social Sculpture – Provence (2014) Ephemeral light-based relational intervention (nets, reflections, minimal structures). Key unstable installation; documented in video and blog as early metabolic praxis blending body, site, and atmosphere. Taxidermy series / "The City is an Animal" (2015–ongoing) Site-specific unstable installations (e.g., London 5th Base Gallery): cuts, meat metaphors, contextual taxidermy as critique of urban flesh/substrata. Recurrent in exhibitions; embodies post-relational ethics and material memory. 



600-MUSE Mesh United System Environment (2026) Current pinnacle: sovereign epistemic infrastructure (Core + Nodes) for AI stability/hallucination mitigation. Most theoretically dense; positions Socioplastics as executable epistemology. High future-icon potential. Trole Building / Spaceship (Madrid South) Architectural project: iconic slender structure from old coffee factory → luminous lofts. Frequently called "iconic" in blog; represents early built metabolic urbanism. Yellow Bags / Bag Series extensions (2014–ongoing) Chromatic/relational evolution of Blue Bags: yellow as debut in Croatia, portable dramaturgy with everyday carriers. Less dominant but key for color-as-index and unstable social sculpture family.
Cuerpos Filmados / Filmed Bodies (2008–2018) Decade-long relational essay series: meta-film archive of "people at work," positional observations blending performance, urbanism, pedagogy. Monumental rhizomatic effort; proposed for revisitation in 2026 as longitudinal study. 


Re-(t)exHile (2024, Lagos Biennial) Relational/collaborative installation on textile waste, postcolonial commodity, Africa circulation. Polyphonic with multiple artists; recent high-visibility biennial work in sustainable fashion/textile architecture.
Decadröm (2026) Emerging: portable dramaturgy in ten "dröms" (dream-units) with ordinary objects (hat, suitcase, chairs). No-drama intensity; current evolution of unstable installation toward liminal choreography. Conceptual/Relational Art & Performance: Unstable installations, situational fixers, Lemon Kiss (2015 solo/no-solo show with lemons/meat cuts/adds). Architecture/Urbanism: Chromatic Symphonies (industrial redesigns with lilac/orange palettes), SWAN (speculative post-carbon icon), Blitz Beton (Rotterdam), Red Line (soft inflated architecture). Curatorial/Pedagogical: LAPIEZA International Art Series (2009–ongoing, 180+ exhibitions, 1000+ artworks); relational platforms like HIPERVÍNCULOS. Film/Video: (2k+ videos): COPOS series (short cuts), positional essays. Epistemic/Theoretical: Positional Essays, Mesh-Site as Ecological Interface, Semantic Hardening protocols. Hidden but influential precursors): Meat Cuts series (/Madrid). Early relational essays (2008–2010s) in Cuerpos Filmados archive. Total indexable distinct works/series from public traces: easily 100 major nodes (with 300+ micro-interventions).