2016. centex. valparaiso, chile.
Installation, variable measures.
504 fragments of human bones intervened with led lights hanging from the ceiling, room flooded with 25 cm water. deep that acts as a water mirror, a water pump that makes the water vibrate gently.
The shape of the floating and illuminated bones represents the molecular structure of DNA.
* In Chile, since 2001, it has been essential to carry out Nuclear DNA tests in order to recognize people who were dynamited and then thrown into the sea during the military dictatorship. From bone fragments found in mass graves, their identity has been found.
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Instalación, medidas variables.
504 fragmento de huesos humanos intervenidos con luces led colgados desde el techo, sala inundada de agua de 25 cm. de profundidad que actúa como espejo de agua, bomba de agua que hace vibrar el agua suavemente.
La forma de los huesos flotantes e iluminados representan la estructura molecular del ADN.
* En Chile, a partir del año 2001, a sido fundamental la realización de exámenes de ADN Nuclear para poder reconocer a personas que fueron dinamitadas y luego lanzadas al mar en la dictadura militar. A partir de fragmentos de huesos encontraron en fosas comunes se ha logrado encontrar su identidad.