Patricia Domínguez
Multispecies Cry
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Year | 2021 |
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Medium | Watercolour on paper |
Dimensions | 29.7 x 21 cm |
Nominated by | Salma Tuqan |
About the work
Multispecies Cry examines the complex flow of water in terms of the possibilities of weeping, environmental and social crisis, healing and spirituality in the digital age. The image was born from the experience I had of taking care of animals affected by the fires in the Bolivian Amazon in October 2019. On one occasion it was my turn to take care of a toucan that was partially blinded by the flames. After that experience, I returned to Chile and jumped into the Estallido Social, where more than 407 people have suffered eye injuries as a result of police repression. The eyes of a toucan blinded by the fires in the Amazon and the lost eyes of humans by police repression bear witness to this bastard reality crossed by a thousand stories. In the video, the eyes of the toucan and the human eyes weep together, in a South American cosmic cry.