Opening October 29th 6pm
Visits: from Wednesday to Sunday from 1pm to 5pm
Surprisingly, something gets in the way of the entrance to the museum and a part of the traditional checkerboard floor has been invaded by vegetation. Faced with this irruption posed by Cattle Counter -Guido Ignatti's site-specific installation- bewilderment leaves room for choices: we must decide to cross this boundary, look for an alternative way to reach the entrance or, perhaps, give up our objective. In any case, our decisions will leave a trace that will become perceptible over time.
At the same time, appealing to the device used by both the livestock industry and various institutions to measure the number of visitors, the artist points out the consequences of the productive systems and reinforces the tension between the natural and cultural worlds. The orders here are disrupted, and the grasslands - the paradigmatic image of the natural or wild in our national imaginary –impose themselves over the constructions. The resulting landscape is the consequence of the encounter between both worlds, a metaphor for the global impact of human activities on terrestrial ecosystems, which invites us to reflect on and critically observe our ways of inhabiting the world.
Marina Aguerre
This work was made possible thanks to the collaboration of Brun Cattaneo Collection and GreenTec.
BIENALSUR 2021 presents Cattle Counter with the support of the Cultural Heritage Secretariat of the National Ministry of Culture.
