My work is about
spaces that are ignored. These spaces are informal communities that live with
images that have a negative tone for its habitants. For my work, I make
assembled pieces made from found material (usually waste) from those
communities. These fragments are a study tool of how these settlements flow and
grow irregularly. The population that migrates to these spaces is discriminated
upon, so they don’t have a sense of identity towards the place that they live,
yet they show the social disparity present in Latin America. I collect
material found in settlements around San José, the capital of Costa Rica and
which become tangible samples of the existing poverty in these places where
social insecurity rules. Each art piece represents a settlement
that grows spontaneously within the installation, similar to the behavior of
the physical space that it represents. The Pandemic has visualized
and deepened inequalities. Individuals that must remain in an overcrowded space
are more vulnerable. These spaces are where it is more difficult to implement
the recommended measures to avoid the transmission of the virus because they
don’t have drinking water or access to indoor plumbing. When I combine
these type of images with the deterioration in the canvas, I shine a light on
those forgotten places that have no sense of belonging, exposing them to the
public gaze that ignores them.
