Sin Cielo - Video Wall

Sin Cielo, 2017. Project commissioned by the Central Bank of Colombia.

Duration: 11’ 20”. Loop.

Video: videowall 9 screens, Full HD

Projection area: 3.70m W x 2.15m

Sound: stereo

Somewhere in northwestern Colombia (Marmato, Caldas) the landscape is transformed by aggressive scars left by gold mining activities. This is a poisoned, toxic, and forgotten territory. Fragments of images in the work are deconstructed and reconstructed on nine screens which are organized as a video wall grid. This audiovisual presentation reveals traces of cyanide and mercury on putrid, muddy, waters that, as they flow through, leave behind devastation and a sense of drowning. It is a ‘moral ruin’ that has profound effects on the political, social, and ideological dimensions of the territory.

More information in: https://www.clemenciaecheverri.com/studio/index.php/projects/sin-cielo

En fragmentos de imágenes que se descomponen y recomponen sobre nueve pantallas organizadas en una cuadrícula, el paisaje en un lugar del nor-occidente colombiano (Marmato, Caldas) es transformado por agresivas marcas dejadas por la minería de oro. Un territorio envenenado, tóxico y olvidado. Esta acción audiovisual revela huellas de cianuro, de mercurio en aguas putrefactas de lodazales que a su paso dejan devastación y ahogo. Es una ‘ruina moral’ que tiene profundos efectos en la dimensión política, social e ideológica del territorio.