Catastrophe Ceramics: Inhabiting Environmental Deterioration

04 MIN 30 SEC

Rebeca Pérez Vega

Guadalajara, Mexico (July 26, 2025) - 5:00 a.m.

Melissa Aldrete and Luis Cárdenas, founders of the Pop Dots ceramic studio.

Melissa Aldrete and Luis Cárdenas, founders of the ceramic studio Pop Dots. Credit: Courtesy

A baroque ceramic sewer covered in ornaments and scattered with intricately modeled garbage. This isn't a contradiction or an exaggeration; it's a piece from Pop Dots, the ceramic studio of Melissa Aldrete and Luis Cárdenas, and one of the 23 works in the exhibition "Inmundo Habitado" at Armada Galería.