Macarena Stipetic

Macarena Stipetic (Argentina, based in Barcelona) explores the fragility of the image as a reflection of human emotion through her personal project: Eterografía. The name, born from the union of the ethereal and the graphic, defines her search for a visual writing that captures the impalpable.

Using the delicate technique of 'Polaroid Emulsion Lift', Macarena rescues analog photographs from their rigid support, giving them a new, organic, and vibrant existence. In an act of manual alchemy, she peels off the emulsion—the very skin of the image—and transplants it onto handcrafted cotton canvases. The image folds and acquires a unique three-dimensionality, transforming into a physical vestige of memory.

Her works are unique pieces that celebrate the beauty of the ephemeral. Macarena's art invites us to inhabit the poetic space between what we try to hold onto and what fades away; a refuge where the image becomes pure feeling.