The Move

Nueva York, 2014

[ENG]

When we are immigrants
When we move
When we go from the unknown to what’s familiar
When we leave our belongings to travel to where we have nothing
When we are unknown
When we are foreign
When we are strange
When we are any of the above, the world opens our eyes
We invite you to experience these unknown people by drawing the eyes that they are yet to open on their faces.
Take one
Draw eyes on her/him/it
Place him/her/it a step further in the immigration line.

[ESP]

Cuando somos inmigrantes
Cuando nos trasladamos
Cuando vamos de lo conocido a lo desconocido
Cuando dejamos lo que tenemos para ir hacia lo que no tenemos
Cuando somos desconocidos
Cuando somos extranjeros
Cuando somos extraños
En todas aquellas ocasiones el mundo nos abre la mirada.
Los invitamos a abrir la mirada de estos personajes, darles una identidad, dibujando sobre ellos los ojos que no tienen.
Tómalo
dibújale sus ojos
instálalo un paso mas adelante.

Technical Specifications

Location: Central Park Area covered: 6X3 MTS approx. Weight: 1 kilo for 300 figures. Materials: Recycled cardboard, tempera. Exposure time: 3 days / 2 hours each day Number of interactions: Approximately 100 people Specifications: The work consisted of 300 recycled cardboard figures that represented all kinds of beings, species, races, etc. The figures were installed in a procession (full from one place to another) and, through songs created for the action, people were invited to draw eyes on the characters and thereby give them an identity. It is important to assume that this action had a climatic difficulty (too cold on the snow) that prevented a greater interaction with the public. Guest Musicians: Natalia Saez – Frank Corva Poster design: Javiera Contreras