Interactive Installation, composed by a table with maps, a video and written instructions on the wall:
1. Pick a map / 2. Rumple it to form a ball / 3. Then stretch it, modify it at will and you will have a mountain /
4. Turn it around and you will have a lake / 5. Repeat or create the formula as many times as you want. Every action with your hands will
change the world
Events
in recent history show how borders are blurred, safe places no longer exist,
and the axioms we use to validate our reality are continually questioned. The
existing crisis in the way we see ourselves and represent ourselves affects our
relationship with the inhabited space.
The
veracity of the political world map, that which is the sustenance of Faith and
guide, is totally in question, it is a subjective vision of ourselves that
becomes outdated very quickly; even the most detailed maps are not exempt from
a common problem: the incredible speed of change - both human and natural -
that characterizes life on our planet.