A NON-FUTURE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

TO SAY YOU HAVE NO FUTURE, IS AN ELEGANT AND CLEVER WAY TO AFFIRM THAT YOUDO HAVE A PRESENT. THAT MEDIATED TRUTH, CLEARLY, IS HALF WAY TRUE. BUT MAY BE THE PRESENT ISN’T THAT, AN INFINITELY OF HALF WAY TRUES?

EMOTICONS ARE HIEROGLYPHS OF EMOTION. WHILE FEELINGS ARE ALWAYS HIDDEN,OF SLOW MATURATION, AND MOST OF THE TIMES UN-CONFESSABLE; EMOTIONS,HOWEVER, ARE SPONTANEOUS, CHILDISH, AND IN OPINION OF THE UPPER CLASSES,ARE MOSTLY VULGAR: FLATUS IN A BASKET. THE EMOTICON HAS THAT QUALITY OFPURE ENCRYPTED PRESENT, THE MOST COMPACTED MANIFESTATION OF THEUN-FUTURE OF THE EMOTION.

WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO “TELL YOU SOMETHING”, WE KNOW IMMEDIATELY THAT IT ISTIME TO LEAVE. AND THAT WOULD BE MY FIRST IMPULSE. BUT THIS SYNCHRONIZED BURST OF EMOTICONS ON THE ROOF PROMISES A STORY, PROBABLY BANAL, THAT ITCHES OUR CURIOSITY. BUT AFTER ALL, WHO DOES NOT ENJOY DECIPHERING A GOOD ENIGMA? AND THE MYSTERY IS REVEALED, TINY AS USUAL, BECAUSE THE TASTE OFTHE MYSTERY IS IN THE PLOT, NOT IN THE SOLUTION.

THE GROUP OF ARTISTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS NEW “ENTERPRISE” PROPOSES AN UN-FUTURE IN PERMANENT CONSTRUCTION, AS THEY SAY: DO NOT BELIEVE THAT IT ISTHAT EASY NOT HAVING A FUTURE. REGARDING THAT HILARIOUS NOTION, I WILL ADD ANOTHER MEDIATED TRUTH: TO DEFENESTRATE THESE GIRLS, FIRST THEY SHOULD HAVE GAINED SOME HEIGHT, SINCE DEFENESTRATE MEANS “THROW OUT THE WINDOW”, AND I SEE THEM MORE HENNISH, BARNYARD BIRDS OF SHORT FLIGHT THAT GATHER MOMENTUM, RUSH AND STRIKE AGAINST THE FENCE. WITH THIS INSTALLATION AT LEAST THEY CRASHED AGAINST THE CEILING. IT’S ALREADY SOMETHING. WITH THE UP COMING PERHAPS THEY WILL BREAK THE CEILING AND WE WILL SEE WHAT LIES BEYOND. 

AND LET IT BE WHATEVER THEY WANT.

TEXT: JAIME ARRAMBIDE, CURATOR: MARIANO SOTO, ARTISTS: ANA MARIA SILVA, JULIETA MORANO AND  MAGDALENA PETRONI (LA SIN FUTURO)