'Tunga: Me, You and the Moon' at Church of San Miguel, Arévalo, Spain

27 March 2026

Until 18 October, Collegium presents Me, You and the Moon, an installation by the Brazilian artist Tunga (1952–2016), in the Church of San Miguel in Arévalo.

Part of the Sarina Tang Collection, Me, You and the Moon brings together recurrent elements in Tunga's work, such as stones, mirrors, glass bottles, plaster, resin, and plates suspended on arcs and rods. The installation reflects his interest in archaeology, manifested through objects that register a kind of visual and molecular memory preceding human existence. For the artist, the presence of a fossilized tree trunk serves as a testament to nature before the colonizing presence of humans. It also constitutes a metaphor for the suspension of time; its hollowed-out form suggests the presence of a tunnel leading to a somatic perspective of reality, hinted at in some of the anticipatory drawings of this piece. The prehistoric water in crystal bottles also symbolizes the elixir of time.

Tunga's perspective on the coexistence of the organic and the artificial is also present in this work, through references to a metaphysical conception of corporeality. His fragmentary bodies—in this case, the patinated bronze sculptures representing thumbs—evoke the living as part of the ethereal dimension of existence: "that body, which is fleeting, configures and reconfigures itself according to our desire, according to the law of the continuity of desires," the artist once said. Me, You and the Moon stands as a key piece in his career, as it consolidates his anticipatory contributions to a post-humanist narrative.

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Image: Installation view of 'Tunga: Me, You and the Moon', San Miguel Church (Arévalo), 3 March - 18 October 2026. © Tunga. Courtesy Collegium, Photography by Roberto Ruiz.