Elvia Cortés
In May 2000, Elvia Cortés died after the explosion of a necklace bomb. One of many stories of the armed conflict in Colombia. A civil war that has lasted for more than 50 years.
The work “Elvia Cortes” is not only criticism; it is transformation and redefinition of objects, images, and history. Like a piece of jewelry, its meaning changes when it is used as a weapon.
The materiality of glass reflects the fragility of the bomb and at the same time represents the absence of the original context. I use silkscreen printing to create an iconographic image of an act of violence.
It is a story that exists in my memory. A thought that gradually fades and gives way to habit. Habit is the meaning we give to forgetting.
Elvia Cortés: Blown glass and silkscreen printing, 28 cm x 28 cm x 10 cm and 42 cm x 59.4 cm | 2015 | Photo: Jorge Sánchez Di Bello