Sophistic Drawings

Sophistic Drawings is a series of silkscreen prints on paper with freehand pastel interventions. The series is rooted in the logic puzzle known as the Three Utilities Problem, which reflects on the basic infrastructure of social housing.

Desenho Sofístico I, 2015
Screen printing, oil pastel on paper
73,0 x 52,0 cm.
Desenho Sofístico II, 2015
Screen printing, oil pastel on paper
73,0 x 52,0 cm.
Desenho Sofístico III, 2015
Screen printing, oil pastel on paper
73,0 x 52,0 cm.

As the exercise expands with more participants, the rhetorical dimension of the puzzle becomes evident: the impossibility of connecting all residences to the three utilities without crossing lines. This simple visual gesture highlights the failures and limitations of basic infrastructural systems.