Parábola de la Inocencia, 20XX.

As we grow up, our language permeates the sociocultural blanket in which we live. We reach a point where we think we understand what we believe and express, but language is more complex than it seems. There are concepts whose semiotics can be read without problem; a chocolate chip cookie will always be a cookie. Searching for new meaning in a different context makes no sense since we have reached an agreement to have a clear vision of it. Even so, we cannot rule out that this concept may vary depending on how we perceive it due to the different instances where it has been presented to us; a prize, satisfaction with a glass of milk, a memory of the family pastry, and so on. But what happens when this linguistic agreement affects our interaction with the environment? The guard, the museum space, the pedestal, the composition of light, the lasers, and the alarm; these elements raise the prohibited or beyond our reach. But in this situation, the same space contradicts the reading... On the pedestal, a plate full of cookies, and above, a sign: "Free cookies, please take one." At first, the interactions evoked a feeling of fear. Each filter was a catalyst; Is the laser going to burn me? Will they get me out if the alarm goes off? Is the guard going to hit me? Issues arise even when the instruction on the sign is explicit. After a while, that person who read out of the instance arrived and, like a child, walked through the filters to take what was his. More of these people came, and the cookies and the ideas spread through social recognition. Seeing them, the first-timers returned to the point of conflict and entered into a new dialogue with the situation. Leaving the agreement behind and thus claiming what they were never denied.

Press:
Lo mejor de PREMACO: Una nueva generación de artistas en el Bajío. Revista Código. https://revistacodigo.com/arte/premaco-bajio/

Thanks to @otroespacio.gdl and @independenciacentro for the opportunity, to @revista_codigo for the mention, and especially to @hiconstantino for the curatorship and the incredible text that brought this piece to life.