Delcy Morelos: origo

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Delcy Morelos: origo

15 May 202631 July 2026

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Colombian artist Delcy Morelos transforms the Barbican Sculpture Court with a 24m site-specific installation of soil, clay and spices — her most ambitious outdoor work to date.

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Colombian artist Delcy Morelos explores our relationship with the earth in a monumental, site-specific installation made of soil, clay and fragrant spices. You are invited to step inside origo, roam its tunnels, experience its shifting light, rest within its central patio and become a part of its ecosystem. origo, meaning 'origin' in Latin, is inspired by ancestral Andean and Amazonian knowledge. Its multisensory,...

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Critic Review

TimeOut

Annabel Downes

Delcy Morelos: origo

"Inside, you are plunged into near-total darkness, feeling your way along softly curving corridors lined with compact, hair-like roots. And unlike the dank, musty odour one might expect from a mound of soil, Morelos' beast smells unexpectedly good: infused with clove and cinnamon and softened by the cool scent of earth after rain."

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