Birú, mientras recorría el desierto con andar errante en aquel otoño que agonizaba, se topó con una letrina. Por poco no entró en ella.

The territory of the Peruvian coast, particularly attractive to a number of contemporary Peruvian artists, provides the setting for Miguel Aguirre (Lima, 1973) to address –through the image of a portable latrine in the middle of the desert- his concerns regarding the potentially damaging results of the most recent presidential elections. At the same time, the title evokes Pre-Hispanic tales in which mythical heroes traveled throughout the Peruvian coast