Mascotas marks Imel Sierra’s first exhibition and introduces an early exploration of the domestication of unexpected yet familiar creatures from everyday life. Flies, grasshoppers, fishes, horses, and sea urchins populate a sequence of installations activated through the viewer’s movement.

The spaces are staged using colored light panels that reference the animals’ natural habitats, while simultaneously transforming them into domesticated beings presented for the viewer’s consumption. This act of domestication operates as a fantasy-driven universe shaped by a quasi-childlike sense of humor.

Through this playful yet critical lens, Mascotas proposes the creation of new contemporary mythologies rooted in the everyday, highlighting the implicit beauty of nature while questioning humanity’s impulse to control and reframe it.