Plaza ceremonial 3 by Oscar Pérez

Artist Name and Artwork Title:

Plaza ceremonial 3  by Oscar Pérez

Description:

His sculptures (Plaza Ceremonial I, II, III) are made of expanded polystyrene (durapax), a material considered waste in El Salvador. By transforming these discarded blocks into cultural artifacts, the work speaks directly about community resilience — creating value and identity from what others see as useless. It’s the same logic that many communities apply when adopting Bitcoin: turning limited resources into new opportunities for autonomy and innovation.

At the same time, the labyrinth-like patterns and hidden structures of the pieces metaphorically evoke cryptography and the cypherpunk ethos. They visually recall encrypted codes, hidden layers, and interconnected nodes — concepts that are at the very core of Bitcoin’s philosophy of privacy and decentralization.

From this perspective, the works do align with the event’s themes and add a strong local dimension: a Salvadoran artist using local materials to open a dialogue with global innovation and the cypherpunk spirit.

Materials:

Residual blocks of thermoformed expanded polystyrene

Dimensions:

97 cmts x 137.5 x 10 cmts 

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Package Dimensions: 102 cmts x 142 cmts x 15 cmts
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Artist Bio:

Oscar Orlando Pérez, 1977.
Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts, specialization in Graphic Design, University of El Salvador, 2005. He has participated in multiple exhibitions, among them:

2017 Proyecto Monstruo X Central American Biennial, MARTE Museum, El Salvador.

2017 Imago Mundi Project (El Salvador): Your Name is a Labyrinth, Luciano Benetton Collection.

2018 Finalist with the collective Mórula at the Juannio 2018 Auction, Guatemala.
El Prado from Central America project, in commemoration of the bicentennial of the Prado Museum. Itinerant exhibition through the Northern Triangle countries. CCESV.

2020 Collective exhibition INTERGALACTIX AGAINST ISOLATION, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE).

2021 Central America in Action: Performance in the Central American Region, curated by Pancho López, Museum of Art and Design of Costa Rica (MADC).

2023 Project Staying Human, MARTE Museum.
Selected artist in the Ceramics and Sculpture Biennial, IHDC, Honduran Identity Museum (MIN).
Inhabiting Non-Places, La Fábrika.

2024 The 85, collective exhibition commemorating the 85th anniversary of the Honduran Institute of Inter-American Culture (IHCI).

2024 REMIXES, Teatro Luis Poma.

2025 Central American Dialogue, IHCI, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.