adorable whale/ creature comforts. 5ft 6in x 6ft x 5ft. ironing boards, fabric and fake flowers. 2010

In the playful and cynic spirit of the series (Encantamiento Inutil/Useless Infatuation), the use of soft media became an important element by which Ayala and Waller created impossibilities on the household realm.
In "Adorable Whale/ Creature Comforts", a big creature-like soft sculpture languishes on an ironing board decorated with fake flowers. The pattern and colors used on the sculpture reference the domestic, while the forms allude to the female figure.

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The Housewife's Lament

or 'useless infatuation' installation project

Paloma Ayala & Genevieve Waller
collaboration
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‘One day I was walking,
I heard a complaining
And saw an old woman the picture of gloom
She gazed at the mud on her doorstep
('twas raining)
And this was her song as she wielded her broom:
Oh, life is a toil and love is a trouble
Beauty will fade and riches will flee
Pleasures they dwindle and prices they double
And nothing is as I would wish it to be.’

(from “The Housewife’s Lament,” a traditional song)

*see installations @ Hartnett Gallery here