BERLIN RESIDENT 2026
Greta Hauser
MEXICO
INFINITE LABYRINTH CARTOGRAPHIES
Greta Hauser
Infinite Labyrinth Cartographies by Greta Hauser proposes an exploration of perception as a constantly shifting territory. The exhibition unfolds at the intersection of space and mind, where the labyrinth is no longer understood as a closed structure but as a form of thought—open, expansive, and continuously in transformation.
Rooted in an interest in sacred geometry, Hauser’s practice engages systems of proportion, repetition, and spatial harmony as a way of thinking through complexity and order. Alongside this, she is an avid reader of Jorge Luis Borges, whose literary universes of infinite libraries, mirrored realities, and paradoxical spaces resonate deeply with her visual and conceptual approach. Rather than treating geometry and literature as separate references, her work brings them into dialogue as parallel ways of structuring and unravelling perception.
Through a practice that brings together image, space, and time, Hauser constructs a non-linear cartography of experience. Her works suggest possible pathways rather than fixed directions, inviting viewers to lose themselves as a mode of understanding. In this context, the labyrinth does not function as an obstacle, but as a methodology: a way of inhabiting uncertainty.
The opening of the exhibition includes a performance that activates this spatial logic in real time, extending the work into a shared and ephemeral experience. In this way, the exhibition is not presented as a closed itinerary, but as a living system that is continuously reconfigured through the presence of its audience.
Text by: Karina Ballados V.
About Montserrat Ayala
Contemporary Artist
Based between Mexico City and Barcelona
Artist and Designer.
Holds a degree in Arts and Design with a Higher Vocational Training Cycle in Applied Arts to Sculpture from Escola Massana (Barcelona, Spain). Postgraduate studies in Architecture of Ephemeral Spaces from UPC in collaboration with Arquine (Mexico City, Mexico) and a Master’s degree in Design Through New Materials from ELISAVA (Barcelona, Spain).
She has explored research on traditional materials such as ceramics, wood, and glass, as well as the design of new biomaterials.
Co-founder of SumarioTierra, a platform for promoting ceramics; Taller KHE, a ceramics workshop; Daniel y Catalina, a ceramics store; Robotánica, an agrotech startup; Malwih, a foundation to disseminate pre-Columbian history in
Mexico; and Fuego Vivo, an agroecology project in Xochimilco, Mexico City.