Life in Fragments

What is "Life in Fragments"?

It is an art installation built with letters. People from different countries, ages and cultures write a fragment of their life (a loss, a joy, a memory that marked them) and each letter becomes the seed of a painting.

As I gather them, I look for relationships between them: which experiences repeat, which emotions appear again and again, how the stories change according to the age or place of the writer. From that analysis ten pieces are born that dialogue with the words received, accompanied by the letters themselves and a sound track that reads them in several languages.

The result is a sensory space where painting, text and sound intertwine to show something simple and profound: that, above our differences, what truly runs through us is the same.

Who can take part?

Everyone, regardless of age, country, language or experience with art. Children too: their way of looking at life is valuable and welcome. Each letter is a unique fragment that adds to this collective work.

How can you take part?

Write a letter in your language, in your own words. You can tell a stage of your life, an emotion that marked you, an experience that transformed you. There are no strict rules, only authenticity.

Important: state somewhere in the letter how old you were when the story happened and how old you are now. It is a key detail to place your account within the life cycle the work explores.

Your letter will be read, respected and, if you wish, will become part of a letter exchange with other participants once the exhibition ends.

La Toza, an active partner of the project

Life in Fragments has a new home: La Toza Coworking & Coliving, a meeting space in the Jerte Valley where people from all over the world cross paths. A small village in Cáceres turned into an arrival point for stories that come from far away — that is exactly what this project speaks about.

La Toza is not just the address to send your letter to. It is a living part of the project: a place where letters are read aloud, where people gather to share what strangers from other countries, other ages, other lives have written. A space where the global and the local meet, just as in this work.

Worried about your privacy?

Don't worry. Your full name and postal address will be kept safe and will never be made public. The content of your letter, however, may become part of the art installation: it is the heart of the project.

Why take part?

• Because writing a letter is an act of pause, of reflection, of connection.
• Because art can be a bridge between cultures, generations and languages.
• Because you will be part of a collective work investigating what makes us human.