Empty Maps

Rather than representing a specific geographic location with these maps, I searched to explore the changing, confusing, dark and uncertain reality wherein the force of human desire and fear exerts constant changes within territories.

Torso is a fractured and incomplete image of Colombia, my country, reflecting the drama of living through years of conflict. Calcined Map is a cartography of the city of Medellin, transformed by the social and political tragedy that this city has known in recent decades. Uncertain Routes is an imaginary and metaphorical map of the possible migratory routes of countries that have experienced the greatest displacement in the world in recent years, such as Syria, Colombia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Mexico. Perforated Continent is based on the map of South America and speaks to the extraction of its wealth by large multinational companies, which are decimating natural resources.
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Eafit University, 2021, Medellin
Eafit University, 2021
Torso, 70 x 120 x 10 cm
Perforated Continent, 160 x 255 cm, 2017
Uncertain Routes, 300 x 105 cm
Uncertain Routes, Detail
Uncertain Routes, Detail
Calcined Map, 105 x 70 cm, 2018
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