Correspondencia – Johnatan López Rodríguez – Pereira – Video Performance
Esta propuesta responde a las prácticas invasivas de la empresa multinacional Smurfit Kappa cartón Colombia, dado que sus impactos en el contexto colombiano han sido apabullantes en materia ambiental, social, económica y cultural. En Colombia, existe una riqueza hídrica que es aprovechada por estas plantaciones forestales por su rápido crecimiento para la industrialización, producción y comercialización del cartón. Sin embargo, los abastecimientos de agua se han ido secando debido a la proliferación de los coníferos en varios sectores del eje cafetero. Como consecuencia, han provocado desplazamientos de habitantes rurales de la región, sustituyendo así, los medios tradicionales de vida de producción de las poblaciones locales, y amenazando a desaparecer algunos acueductos comunitarios propios de los campesinos. Debido a las múltiples problemáticas socio-ambientales que se presentan en el territorio Colombiano, se propone este video performance con un lenguaje provocador y transgresor, que señale el conflicto al que se enfrenta la población campesina y las personas que habitan las zonas periféricas de la región cafetera.
Correspondence is a means by which human beings communicate when geographical distances separate them, allowing links, exchanges and reciprocities. The action proposes to reduce the distance between a multinational company located in Dublin, and an artist who "corresponds" through the relocation of a coniferous tree endemic to Ireland, which has been arbitrarily introduced into Colombian territory. This proposal responds to the invasive practices of the multinational company Smurfit Kappa Cartón Colombia, given that its impacts in the Colombian context have been overwhelming in environmental, social, economic and cultural terms. In Colombia, there is a wealth of water that is exploited by these forest plantations because of their fast growth for the industrialization, production and commercialization of cardboard. However, water supplies have been drying up due to the proliferation of conifers in various sectors of the coffee axis. As a consequence, they have caused the displacement of rural inhabitants of the region, thus substituting the means traditional production life of the local populations, and threatening the disappearance of some community aqueducts belonging to the peasants. Due to the multiple social and environmental problems that are presented in the Colombian territory; this video performance is proposed with a provocative and transgressive language, which points out the conflict that the peasant population and the people who live in the peripheral areas of the coffee region are living. cr PerfoArtNet |