The first word I learned to say is guaita. My paternal grandmother would take me for a walk in the trolley, and as we wandered around she would point at things with her finger and say: “Guaita Laia, guaita!”. She spoke a particular Catalan, she would say guaita instead of mira (look at). Guaitar means to watch carefully, analysing what is observed. Vigilant. Jo guaito ︎︎

/ˈgwaj.tə/ 


ABOUT
RESEARCH BIENNALE

Alternative Explorer Performs an Algofiction


SAN MEI GALLERY

Collective Ritual of Longing


DIS/CONNECT

Communication in the Age of Isolation


METAL

El Arte de Hackear


MANIFEST INFÀNCIA I PANTALLES

El risc de les pantalles


ON THE DESK

ADG Laus


HANDLE WITH CARE

Actas BAU Design Forum 2017


© 2023 Laia Miret



BRAIDED FIRES



BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE, SCULPTURE, 1.7 METERS HIGH BY 1.2 METERS WIDE




LACHESIS’ ROD, SCULPTURE, 1.7 METERS HIGH BY 1.2 METERS WIDE 


PROJECT:

Braided Fires


EVERYWHERE

SCULPTURE

Old scarves, wool, cashmere, cotton, acrylic, wood


W.I.P 
2023

Parcae, Talking Heads, Ball de bastons, Ram Dass, Algorithms and Molotov cocktails.


In September 2022, I wondered: "How are we going to keep ourselves warm?”. I envisioned dialogues between fires and scarves. As a child, I used to braid often, and this was the only manual skill I had developed with fabrics.

Now, everywhere I go, I braid fires. Some take on a human scale, like bonfires and barricade fires, while others are of a medium size, resembling hearth fires, and still, others are small, akin to glowing embers.


Chat GPT says:
If o = (1 2 3) and r = (2 3), then ot = (1 2 3) (23) = (1 3 2).