DURANTE EL PERIODO DE COMPLETA OSCURIDAD

It is said that in ancient languages of pre-Columbian America, in the geographical area now known as the southern coast of Ecuador and northern Peru, there existed wind instruments and cult objects known today as Whistling Vessels. They were made of ceramics and had ceremonial uses as a means to communicate with deities. It is said that due to a severe environmental crisis, cultures like the Moche, where ceremonies with these instruments were practiced, came to an end when they faced not only an environmental crisis but also a crisis of belief. They saw these drastic climate changes as abandonment by their deities, generating internal conflicts, weakening the community, and making them easily conquered by other cultures. With this in mind, the question arises: How do we communicate today with nature, life, climate changes, or deities? Do we have different ways of communicating with each of them? What forms do we have to communicate? Is a fragile community the result of a fragile community in terms of beliefs and common agreements?

The first stage of the installation involves the ceramic modeling of the whistles, as an act of "re-creation." The re-creation of a fundamental activity like playing with clay in a tactile conversation. Through this re-creational interaction with clay, we engage in conversations and material speculations about faith, death, and the possibility of reincarnation as zoomorphic beings. The piece is collaboratively composed through conversation and modeling sessions with the artist's colleagues, where playful interactions with clay and assumptions take place. Thus, twelve different zoomorphic species are formed on the tops of the whistles.

The vessels, conceived as large-scale whistling vessels, contain different types of caresses, breaths, sighs, and whistles. It is through this interactive quality that the portal has as its second stage the activation of the whistles through the "Five Animals Play." Taking inspiration from this Qi-gong practice that stimulates and massages organs, it is combined with movements of the whistles, providing inspiration, breath, and life force. The exercise combines body, movement, and breath, formerly used to massage and irrigate blood throughout the body. By sounding the vessels through movements, we are irrigating both sound and blood, as if watering a plant.

This series was exhibited at SOMA, Mexico City, in 2022.