C 111 (Australia y las Islas del Pacífico Seix Barral 1973) [C 111 (Australia and the Pacific Islands Seix Barral 1973]

In this work, I study possibilities of the photographic image, the relation between document and fiction, singularity and serialization. I reuse old editions with which I elaborate meticulous photomontages: I cut with a scalpel prints from geography books and stitch the clips with thread and needle, generating a slight three-dimensionality.
This reconfiguration of given materials aims to present the continuous mutation to which we are exposed, giving shape to a new world starting from fragments of printed reality, an oasis of fecundity and abundance emerged from the destruction of its own source. C #111 (Australia y las Islas del Pacífico, Seix Barral, 1973) includes in parenthesis the title of the encyclopedia used here. The green garden mutates to ash grey and loses color, like the present Australia. The double-sided altarpiece format allows the manipulation of the viewer, evoking the action of turning the pages of a book, as well as its potential as an agent of change.
Source: Itaú Cultural Visual Arts Award 2019-2020 Catalogue