Borges explores the relationship between space, order, and perception in her art, always seeking a balance between construction and intuition.
Her focus is on the geometry of the spaces in between—the empty spaces that arise between things and in which spatial dynamics unfold. Borges creates pictorial spaces that expand and contract, a visual continuum of tension and relaxation reminiscent of moving, breathing fields. Lines, grids, and structures condense into a visual rhythm that appears both structured and lively.
In this current series of works, large areas of colour, bold colours, and subtle colour gradients come to the fore. The surfaces glow, light up the room, pulsate, shift in relation to one another—they create depth, but also friction, sometimes contemplative, sometimes vibrant. The colour gradients create transitions between clarity and blur, between construction and dissolution. She uses colour not only as a design element, but also as a vehicle for movement and atmosphere, as a living element within her structural compositions. Borges stands within a multi-layered tradition of abstract art.
With a background in classical piano, Zoë is interested in interpreting existing scores and systems of language. Scores function as a way of sharing a composition, a situation, or a constellation of moments. The egolessness of the shared and the individuality of interpretation form a delicate balance between multiplicity and unity. Reinterpreting historical material creates a poetic interplay between past and present.
Re-enactment is never a simple repetition of what came before; each new movement deepens the experience of meaning.
In the summer of 2025, Zoë resided for two weeks in the former home of Simeon ten Holt in Bergen. There, she studied Ear-Walking Woman by Annea Lockwood, for prepared piano—a piece that presents itself as a walk through the sonic landscape of the piano. Just as Simeon ten Holt described his Canto Ostinato as a process of repetition in which the musical object becomes “translucent”. Zoë turns her subjects over, again and again, ultimately arriving at a similar kind of transparency.
**1 Mar | Sun | 15.00–19.00: Exhibition Opening
