The series delves into the theme of identity through portraiture and an ironic play on the title, which highlights the idea of seriality. URthe1 is composed of several subseries (theones, the2ones, the3ones, the ancestors) forming a collection of clones that questions the very notion of individuality. Some of these figures are based on the shape of architectural arches, giving the face a hypnotic and unsettling silhouette. This initial sobriety is disrupted by backgrounds filled with floral pareidolias, where small emoji-like faces introduce a playful and dynamic contrast. Each realistic face is paired with a symbolic and abstract counterpart that distills the most sensitive elements of individual representation, the pupil, the tip of the nose, the lips, resulting in an abstracted version of the face in the form of a rag doll with button eyes. From this premise, emerges a series of portraits of ancestor clones, reminiscent of ancestral portrait collections that celebrate lineage. I invent a lineage of cloned forebears with a comic twist, functioning simultaneously as parody and homage, to parallel worlds and the infinite possibilities of being.













