In Progress - Since 200 years

My practice as a visual artist is focused on creating symbolic bridges between individuals and / or communities; that have different cultures and geographic spaces. My work has transversal axes as: marginality, exclusion and invisibility. These are related to deep issues such as: migration, racism and particularly the historical memory associated with the internal armed conflict in Peru (1980 - 2000), which I have been developing for two years, creating a Memory Space with a specific community.

Formally, my work is in macro or micro scale; and for specific sites. My practice can be individual as well as collective. I believe in co-creation processes, as an individual, I am part of the collective artist group FIBRA and as part of the community, we made a Memory Space with the people of Hualla in Ayacucho, Peru; and with nature, a bio materials project.

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SINCE 200 YEARS

Since 200 years Site specific
Central Market of Trujillo, Peru
2018

Since 200 years is a site specific work, on the roof of the Central Market of Trujillo, Peru, in the frame of National Festival of Visual Arts of Trujillo. This was the first city in Peru where it proclaimed the independence.

This phrase by José Bernardo de Tagle in December 29, 1820 “I put our destiny and that of
the people under the protection of the heaven Long live the country, Long live independence”

was written on the floor by wiping the dust out of it and then reflected on a huge mirror hanging from the structure of the market. This phrase is relevant nowadays because the Peruvian political institutions are so weak until now that we have to invoke divine protection.

In collaboration with Gianine Tabja