In the face of the forthcoming environmental collapse our planet faces, it becomes urgent to question the system we have taken for granted; those that have led us to this point. We are compelled to rethink the way we consume, produce and waste. In this context, Impending Shift poses the question: how do we inhabit the future through what we discard?.

This exhibition is an exploration of what has been discarded: over 50,000 eggshells, collected and transformed from raw matter. Through a practice rooted in new materialism and the principles of circular economy, Carmen proposes a new way of seeing what seems to have no value, turning waste into a starting point.

The works on display are crafted exclusively from natural materials and incorporate ancestral plant-based dyes, creating a chromatic palette derived from Guatemala's local materials of landscapes. These tones engage in dialogue with the natural hues of the different varieties of eggshells, forming a delicate yet evocative contrast.

Impending Shift does not aim to illustrate an idealised future, but rather to represent a possible present, offering a narrative where waste becomes origin and opportunity. This exhibition invites innovation, tradition, and ecology not to oppose one another, but to converge. Here, matter calls us to feel, to imagine, and to shape what lies ahead.