Carthography of the Stain: New Fossils 2021 Nolasco-Rózsás-Paris Díaz
Cartography of the Stain: New Fossils emerged as part of the artistic collaboration between Paris Díaz and Gerardo Nolasco, representing the cities of Guadalajara (Mexico) and Karlsruhe (Germany). This collaboration takes place within the framework of the City to City: Human Responsibility initiative promoted by the Media Arts cluster of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.
Cartography of the Stain is a piece in which the artists present a comparison to make the viewer aware of the differences and similarities between Guadalajara and Karlsruhe. The work shows a macro perspective of the cities towards the specific points intervened by both artists; It is made up of video shots, intervened images and original music.
Cartography of the Stain: New Fossils surgió como parte de la colaboración artística entre Paris Díaz y Gerardo Nolasco, representando a las ciudades de Guadalajara (México) y Karlsruhe (Alemania). Dicha colaboración se da en el marco de la iniciativa City to City: Human Responsibilityimpulsada por el clúster Media Arts de la Red de Ciudades Creativas de la UNESCO.
Cartography of the Stain es una pieza en la cual los artistas presentan una comparación para concientizar al espectador de las diferencias y similitudes entre Guadalajara y Karlsruhe. La obra muestra una perspectiva macro de las ciudades hacía los puntos concretos intervenidos por ambos artistas; está compuesta por tomas de vídeo, imágenes intervenidas y música original.
Humanity has always left its mark, created guidelines, marked a before and after during its passage through the planet it inhabits. Many times in this step, consciously or unconsciously, the marks are positive, others not so much. The footprints remain there and have consequences on their environment.
In the current rhythm of life we move with zero awareness of where the waste we generate stops. This era, in addition to being characterized by the great milestones of science and technology, is distinguished by a fast fashion culture; in which objects and packaging with a very short useful life are generated with little or no post-use processing; becoming pollutants of the environment that surrounds us.
La humanidad siempre ha dejado huella, creado pautas, marcado un antes y un después durante su paso por el planeta que habita. Muchas veces en dicho paso, de manera consciente o inconsciente, las marcas son positivas, otras no tanto. Las huellas quedan ahí y tienen consecuencias sobre su entorno
En el actual ritmo de vida nos movemos con nula consciencia de dónde paran los residuos que generamos. Esta época, además de caracterizarse por los grandes hitos de la ciencia y la tecnología, se distingue por una cultura fast fashion; en la que se generan objetos y empaques con una vida útil muy corta con poco o nulo procesamiento post uso; convirtiéndose en contaminantes del medio que nos rodea.
Within one of the dynamics of the project presented for City to City, Paris Díaz, would take a photograph in Guadalajara for Gerardo Nolasco to intervene freely, the result was something that ironically between laughter they named, New Fossils.
“In Mexico, unfortunately, only around 12% of glass containers are recycled, everything else becomes solid waste that ends up in rivers, oceans, beaches, vacant lots, on the street, buried. My intention was to surprise Gerardo with an image that generates impact, awareness, that when you look at it you will discover more elements, and leave the viewer thinking. Many of my journeys are made by bicycle or on foot. In one of these routes, I traveled on a main avenue in Guadalajara, where the sidewalk is not in the best condition, which causes garbage to accumulate. During one of my transfers, I noticed a half-buried bottle, you could see the inside of it, I noticed that inside the bottle there were plants, I don’t know if roots or what kind, which caught my attention and I thought ‘nature it makes its way into the most hostile environments and adapts no matter what. ‘ It gave me joy and at the same time I felt sadness for that fact, ‘nature making a way through the garbage that we have left’. I understood that that was the image that I wanted to send to Gerardo, that the world see what is happening with the garbage, and not only here in Mexico but everywhere, and that the message and the interpretation remain open to the viewer; the next day I took my equipment and began to photograph the object ”.
Paris Diaz
Un fósil (del latín clásico: fossilis, literalmente ‘obtenido por excavación’) es cualquier resto, impresión o rastro conservado de cualquier ser viviente de una época geológica pasada.
“Bajo el significado de la palabra fósil y lo que implica, nombramos la obra con el prefijo Nuevo, a modo de sátira, debido a que en unos años, siglos, los nuevos paleontólogos, geólogos, descubrirán, desenterrarán basura, y el siglo XX y XXI se caracterizará por generar enormes cantidades de residuos sólidos y su pobre procesamiento de estos generando un impacto negativo en el medio ambiente ”.
La idea que se concluyó para la exposición «Temporadas de artes mediáticas- Futuro conectado» es básicamente que el espectador pueda apreciar físicamente el «Nuevo fósil» de Guadalajara en Alemania, y que genere conciencia de que todas las acciones que realizamos afectan directa o indirectamente. el entorno.
El trabajo está digitalizado y el usuario podrá acceder a más contenido a través de su teléfono inteligente.
Afossil (from Classical Latin: fossilis, literally ‘obtained by digging’) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.
“Under the meaning of the word fossil and what it implies, we name the work with the prefix Nuevo, as a satire, due to the fact that in a few years, centuries, the new paleontologists, geologists, will discover, unearth trash, and the century XX and XXI will be characterized by generating huge amounts of solid waste and its poor processing of these generating a negative impact on the environment «
The idea that was concluded for the exhibition «Seasons of Media Arts- Connected Future» is basically that the viewer can appreciate physically the «New fossil» of Guadalajara in Germany, and that it generates awareness that all the actions we do directly or indirectly affect the environment.
The work is digitized and the user will be able to access more content through their smartphone.
