Through his Demolition/Recycling series, Manuel Merida wishes to advocate an alternative to kinetic art and raises the question of what its true meaning and purpose are. With this series, he promulgates matter, as a central element of his work, and thus opposes kinetic art promoting the obliviousness of matter. For many years, this has been part of Manuel Merida’s doubts about contemporary art and this has led to a tropism of discourse in favor of the work itself. By engaging in the principle of demolition/recycling, which he started at the beginning of 1978 and for almost 5 years, Merida has been emphasizing his orientation towards recycling waste in order to integrate it into his works. He collects various objects that he has previously disinfected before inserting them into his circular cases used as hosts for cigarette butts, plastic, packing boxes or plastic bottles.