THE BARBARIANS AMONG USThe popular representation of barbarians depicts them as brutal invaders plundering the remains of an opulent empire. This superficial image overshadows the multiplicity of causes involved in the process of replacing an old hegemonic power by an emergent one. Endogenous factors, which are in many aspects the most decisive, are downplayed or completely ignored. Political corruption, economic crisis and incapacity to grow further could be named not only in the paradigmatic case of the Roman Empire: its slow decline after the rise of Christianity can be compared with the erosion of the feudal system by capitalist bourgeoisie and even (in a compressed time lapse) with the defeat of state socialism by neoliberal ideology a few decades ago.This series aestheticizes the irruption of an eventual new wave of barbarians in urban scenarios belonging to the final stage of our very civilization. The apparent absence of locals, the slogans on the walls and the heterogeneity of its components, all this call in question the foreign origin of the horde. If we bear in mind that the greater the complexity of a society, the more fragile it becomes, it's not at all misbegotten to speculate about which kind of culture could take our place. A turning point in this task would be to stop perceiving the 'barbarian' as a dreadful threat and begin considering it as perhaps the only historical subject able to fecundate a decaying civilization. |
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Wir sind alle Vagabunden 2015 / 44 x 56 cm / Ink and watercolour on paper |
Long Life Survivalism 2015 / 70 x 100 cm / Ink and watercolour on paper |
Viva la clase superviviente 2015 / 70 x 100 cm / Ink and watercolour on paper |
Keine Angst vor Mangel 2016 / 80 x 60 cm / Ink and watercolour on paper |
UN Go Home 2016 / 80 x 60 cm / Ink and watercolour on paper |
Protiv vosstanovlenie 2016 / 44 x 53 cm / Ink and watercolour on paper |
Produktivnost ubivaet 2016 / 44 x 56 cm / Ink and watercolour on paper |
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| Installation Views Espacio Alexandra, Santander / 2016 |