Wua-g Il Speakers
by POL AGUSTI Mexico

Pol Agustí (b. 1985, Barcelona) is an artist based in Mexico City. His work explores the intersection of solitude, architecture, and spiritual symbolism. Through handcrafted objects—often in black ceramic or raw wood—he builds a language of absence, care, and inner rituals. His practice imagines the life of an unseen hermit, a guardian of pigeons and spirits, whose domestic landscape becomes a metaphysical space. Agustí’s sculptures often recall altars, funerary structures, or devotional tools—devices for grieving, transformation, or quiet observation. Among his most recognizable works is a series of sculptural chairs—ceramic forms that subvert the logic of furniture, proposing instead postures of solitude, stillness, or reverence. These pieces have circulated widely, drawing attention not for their practicality, but for their enigmatic presence: objects that sit more than they are meant to be sat upon. Trained in industrial design at La Llotja (Barcelona) and later earning a degree in production design at ESCAC (Barcelona), Agustí began his path in architecture, collaborating with studios such as EMBT and Josep Miàs, where he developed a sensitivity to space, material, and atmosphere. For over fifteen years, he worked as a production designer for films, music videos, and commercials. These projects led him across the world, building temporary worlds for others. In parallel, he cultivated a photographic practice focused on the mystical, the bodily, and the mythological—often set in timeless landscapes charged with symbolic force. For a time, this dual path provided equilibrium. Eventually, the desire for stillness and continuity led him to settle in Mexico, where his artistic practice deepened and took root. Today, he works across sculpture, scenography, and installation, crafting symbolic objects and environments that inhabit the thresholds between earth and sky, presence and memory. Among his ongoing projects is the production of a series of speakers—sonic sculptures that explore the transmission of voice, echo, and invocation.