Oparei

(2020)





Oparei (2019). Digital Photography. Ink Jet Print on fiber paper. 113 x 77 cm.


Photograph of a pair of rails belonging to old tram tracks that went around long ago in Asunción, leaving only a testimony of unused iron beams partly covered by asphalt.

The title of the photograph Oparei is a Guarani term meaning "ending in nothing”. The term is commonly used to refer to an unfinished work, or an unfinished action, which is characteristic of Asuncion’s urban planning. 


Photograph of a pair of rails belonging to old tram tracks that went around long ago in Asunción, leaving only a testimony of unused iron beams partly covered by asphalt.

The title of the photograph Oparei is a Guarani term meaning "ending in nothing”. The term is commonly used to refer to an unfinished work, or an unfinished action, which is characteristic of Asuncion’s urban planning.

 


Installation view, Juan de Salazar Spanish Cultural Center, Asunción, 2020 (c) Cristian Palacios Feltes



The photograph Oparei was part of the project Cartographies of Disobedience, a series of investigations held in Asunción, that proposes a reflection on some urban and environmental conflicts from modern cities, and the responsibility of each person as an actor involved in the processes of urban transgression and deterioration.

The photograph Oparei was part of the project Cartographies of Disobedience, a series of investigations held in Asunción, that proposes a reflection on some urban and environmental conflicts from modern cities, and the responsibility of each person as an actor involved in the processes of urban transgression and deterioration.