RISE AND FALL OF A ROGUE STATE
"These ragged [businessmen] were a pitiable sight in their forlorn and marshy habitat; but their wretchedness made it all the more striking that they should have clung so tenaciously to some vestige of their ancestral customs." When a government or the international community considers that a third country is threatening the world's peace for its actions or just for its very existence (often presupposing that it's behaving irrationally and against its own best interests), they may declare it a 'Rogue State'.— C. Lévi-Strauss This series shows the development of a society based on the predominant ideological premises of our time, carried to their ultimate consequences until the picture becomes the one of a totalitarian dystopia. Through its dwellers' testimonies and some external observations, we have fragmentary glimpses into the main aspects of this community such as economy, politics, legal system or everyday life. The set of drawings work also as a commentary on the challenges that come up when trying to implement an utopian idea, showing how isolation, scarcity and external hostility stimulate radicalization, victimism and military paranoia inside the social experiment, finally compelling it to choose between moderation or collapse. |
||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Stinging Nettle 2014 / 30 x 24 cm / Coloured pencil on paper |
Heavy Metals 2014 / 30 x 24 cm / Coloured pencil on paper |
Square Holes in the Ground 2014 / 30 x 24 cm / Coloured pencil on paper |
Two Science Fiction Writers 2014 / 30 x 24 cm / Coloured pencil on paper |
|
 |
||||
Exile 2014 / 58 x 125 cm / Ink on paper |
||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
To Destroy Our Way of Life 2014 / 30 x 24 cm / Coloured pencil on paper |
The Natural Situation 2014 / 30 x 24 cm / Coloured pencil on paper |
Even a Few Social Democrats 2014 / 30 x 24 cm / Coloured pencil on paper |
Great Personalities from the Past 2014 / 30 x 24 cm / Coloured pencil on paper |
 |
|||
Foundation 2014 / 58 x 125 cm / Ink on paper |
|||
 |
 |
 |
 |
| The Hints Are Overly Evident 2014 / 30 x 24 cm / Coloured pencil on paper |
Collectivist Behaviour 2014 / 30 x 24 cm / Coloured pencil on paper |
Report the Anti-Liberal Activities 2014 / 30 x 24 cm / Coloured pencil on paper |
Market Systems Could Supplant Government 2014 / 30 x 24 cm / Coloured pencil on paper |
 |
|||
Decline 2014 / 58 x 125 cm / Ink on paper |
|||
 |
 |
 |
 |
Until Someone Collapses 2014 / 30 x 24 cm / Coloured pencil on paper |
Magnificent Mansions 2014 / 30 x 24 cm / Coloured pencil on paper |
The Final Form of Human Government 2014 / 30 x 24 cm / Coloured pencil on paper |
Civilization and Its Achievements 2014 / 30 x 24 cm / Coloured pencil on paper |
 |
 |
Installation Views Distopía general / Reales Atarazanas, Valencia / 2017 |