FINOIKOS

FINOIKOS weaves together FINO (La Casa Verde) as a territory, with OIKOS, the Greek word for home, the dwelling, the ecosystem we inhabit and that inhabits us. It is a refuge, a territory of life. An invitation to curiosity, to play, to presence.

In the cracks of cement, where it seems there is no room for anything but transit or neglect, world-homes are born. Weeds, sprouts, mosses: small forms of life that resist, persist, transform and are transformed. As a gesture of observation and connection, the intervened photographs by Rita Simoni capture and expand the spontaneous life that emerges in urban crevices—the secret inhabitants of the city. These plants—yuyos—sprouting from walls, are not weeds: they are language. A language that transgresses human structures, that speaks of nature’s resilience and fragility, and that challenges us by reminding us of its presence.

These images coexist with fictional vegetation, interwoven and reinterpreting the forms of nature. Created from found green tarps, branches, and wool, they overflow from the wall and subtly intertwine with the photographs. The project features Fernanda Menvielle, biologist and composter, whose work merges with the artistic dimension of the exhibition. Here, remnants of natural materials from daily life—both “dry” and “wet”—are combined in the alchemy of composting to form a new vital substance. It is an act of reconciliation with the Earth, honoring the beauty of OIKOS and its relentless capacity for self-recomposition—a future born from the decomposition of “waste.”

A vegetal encampment made of recycled and dyed fabrics, supported by collected trunks, is offered as a minimal, nomadic refuge—a transitory oikos, an intimate space for contemplation. It invites reconnection, reflection, and allows feelings and thoughts to flow. Within the space, a laboratory unfolds a hybrid scene of the stable and the living, featuring ceramics by Rita Simoni—molded and glazed—that engage in dialogue with jars containing various organic remnants: flowers, peels, leaves—living nature in evolution.

Text by Rita Simoni and Fernanda Menvielle – translated from Spanish