Pasto, Colombia 2021
A proposal for the Cultural Submanagement of the Banco de la República de Colombia during the pandemic
Steps to perform this piece: Here
Spatial project / Freehand drawing / 7 candles / 7 white acetates and black vinyl
Dimensions: 77 cm long x 65 cm wide
A proposal for the Cultural Submanagement of the Banco de la República de Colombia during the pandemic
Steps to perform this piece: Here
Spatial project / Freehand drawing / 7 candles / 7 white acetates and black vinyl
Dimensions: 77 cm long x 65 cm wide
"For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love."
Carl Sagan
Reflecting on the experience endured during the Covid-19 pandemic, which led us to opt for confinement as a precautionary measure to prevent its spread, solidified the idea that social collectivity is necessary and that coming together through dialogue entails observing and living with attention. Memory, as a capacity of memory, allows us to retain and bring back past experiences to the present.
This intervention, which utilizes public space as an exhibition hall, proposes closeness, gathering, and mutual recognition. Therefore, taking the family album as a reference, an archive or treasure trove of memory of significant episodes that transport us to moments we wish to make enduring. Some of these photographs are transcribed into drawings as an act of memorization, "transferring" (changing location), and publicly dignifying the re-signification of spatial contexts where image and drawing intertwine across timelines; for the past is as secure as the present.
