Latin America - IILA
Pavilion of the Istituto Italo-Latinoamericano (IILA), Arsenale - Isolotto. Commissioner: Sylvia Irrazábal; curator: Alfons Hug.
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Vitalis (Chloros phylon-Sanguis). 2013
Installation: natural organic rice, bean, dried pea seeds
3 x 400 x 500 cm
With the basic ingredients of the Mesoamerican and Caribbean diet Madriz composed a large oval shape on the floor. Dispensing with the transgenic seeds (genetically manipulated to increase their resistance and productivity) that proliferate in the fields of Latin America and the world, Madriz displays a pure and natural plantation in the form of a tapestry. The artist has outlined the shape of a haemoglobin molecule by using contrasting colours, and superimposed to that is a chlorophyll molecule, thus revealing the structural similarity of these two key elements.
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
Pavilion of the Istituto Italo-Latinoamericano (IILA), Arsenale - Isolotto. Commissioner: Sylvia Irrazábal; curator: Alfons Hug.