09 May Andrés Agudelo
The work presented by Agudelo is based on research into the architectural ruins of Blanca. His tracings act as a metaphor for the palimpsest and the layering continuously produced by human life within a territory, particularly evident in rural environments.
Over the course of a month, he identified and visited a large number of domestic architectural ruins, later mapping them using online geographic information systems to reduce them to their outlines, as well as to a series of images that suggest a fading both of form and of certain ways of life.
Through his graphic work, photographic collage, and video, Agudelo not only creates images of strong aesthetic power but also draws attention to our relationship with habitable spaces—the legal frameworks that favour new construction over restoration, and the values and social model inherent in the dominant urban planning policies at a global level.
