Infinitesimal – Weaves of Plastic Micro-ruins is the title of the solo exhibition by Colombian artist Camila Lemoine at the NUA space in Madrid. The pieces on display in this exhibition are compositions in which the artist presents a way of observing and relating to the material manifestations of the hyperobject microplastics.

Over the course of three years, Lemoine has been collecting different types of microplastics and microfibres on beaches, in parks, on streets and in seas across Spain. Using archaeological languages and methodologies, she has worked with these small fragments from a symbolic perspective as plastic micro-ruins, approaching them as archaeological vestiges of the recent past.

"Hyperobject" is a term coined by the contemporary philosopher Timothy Morton to describe entities vast in temporal and spatial scale that exceed our traditional capacities for comprehension and perception. Within this context, plastics and microplastics share some of the characteristics of the hyperobjects Morton describes: they are viscous, meaning they do not exist in isolation or separation but are deeply related to other objects, beings and systems; they are non-local, which means that their existence and their complex system of interrelations become impossible to pinpoint precisely in time and space. "The more I try to understand hyperobjects, the more I discover that I am stuck to them. I have them everywhere. They are myself." (Timothy Morton)

In the exhibition "Infinitesimal – Weaves of Plastic Micro-ruins", the artist manipulates the small fragments and, through various processes involving textiles and weaves, simplifies them into compositions with a geometric base, experimentally arranging the collected material to visualise a minuscule or infinitesimal portion of said hyperobject and to propose interrelations among them. In the work, elements such as micro and macro scale, fragmentation and unification, past and present time are also juxtaposed.