Ildikó started her residency at AADK Spain with researching the material qualities of the dried-out remnants of the barbary fig. This local cactus plant, that thanks to its fibre structure, is able to retain considerable amount of water,  is able to thrive on limited water sources. Some years ago, many of them around Blanca dried out due to a plague.
                                       
There are numerous abandoned houses in and around Blanca. As a place is being left, human presence is withdrawn from its interior and exterior spaces, memories drying out slowly. Life continues somewhere else and the decay of the houses gives place for new beginnings.

Working with the dried fibres of the fig and combining it with locally found clay, water acted as a main catalyst of the process, reaching different stages of transformation while balancing between stability and flexibility.