Mauricio Limón

Mauricio Limón documents the sculptural transformation of a Mexico City metro sales kiosk into a candy confection environment that exploits the sculptural possibilities of pink cotton candy. The camera captures several laborers spinning the cotton candy and affixing the fluffy sweet clouds to the glass walls of the kiosk like bricklayers following a precise structural grid. Accompanied by a kitschy cha-cha soundtrack, the entire enterprise takes on an aspect of childlike fantasy that delights and puzzles commuters. The sculptural intervention transforms the environment both physically and psychologically because the ephemerality of the project evokes forgotten childhood fantasies of palaces filled with sweets and endless possibilities, with no worries about dental cavities or stomachaches.