Sol negro [Black sun]

The polyptych tells the story of a civilization of children survivors of a catastrophe. Like strips from a comic book, we see them abandon their homes, take them along and drag all their heaviness. They shake them to find food, hunt and eat birds from a plate. The image tells a past event from a fantastic timeless world where the people wear outfits from a period marked by the war conflict. In those days, the rain washed away the bad thoughts, the earth absorbed that water and dragged all the evils from the planet. But one day, it got tired of doing it; the animals went mad, and the green corridors of the villages turned into chaotic scenarios, as if the mutiny of a psychiatric hospital were taking place. The birds did not stop singing, to the point that silence no longer existed. The animals collided against everything as they moved, and people, in order to survive, had to abandon their homes and transfer them to the top of the trees, where they fed on birds. Source: Itaú Cultural Visual Arts Award 2019-2020 Catalogue