En caso de emergencia, 2008

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IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
10 Steel Machetes with wooden handle and laser inscriptions on each side
70 X 6 X 2 cm each.
Installation dimensions variable.
2008

 

‘En caso de Emergencia’ is an installation comprising 10 red machetes. Each machete is inscribed on both sides with all the armed leftist groups that have existed in America Latina, counting the Caribbean Islands, Belize and the
Guianas. The handles of each machete are emblazoned with the name of the countries that correspond to the groups.

Rather than a homage to the guerrillas, the installation pretends to be an informative piece that maps out the insurgency and popular fight history in America.