Intervención y exposición artística como crítica y reflexión hacia la basura encontrada en la ciudad de Cuenca

Abstract

The present degree work contains two parts: the first is composed of an intervention in the public space, motivated by the experience of treating a certain type of garbage that was found in the streets of the city of Cuenca, as a structuring element of the work of art, through the logic of the concept of drift. The second part comprises a compilation of various audiovisual elements that were exhibited in the Vitrina Gallery belonging to the House of Culture, Núcleo del Azuay, carried out from November 19 to December 19, 2020; Said artistic sample consisted of video, object art, expanded drawing, digital media and photography; This installation shows the entire creative and intervention process that was carried out in the month of October 2020, with the theme of criticism and reflection on garbage, urban waste ignored in our routine tour, which was discarded in the streets and sidewalks of the Historic Center of the city of Cuenca. Consuming and disposing of it often seems to us a natural act and is characterized by being carried out in any place and time by citizens who litter in public spaces; That is why to achieve the objectives of showing and raising awareness, an approach to garbage was generated from field work, intentional tours through downtown streets, where the raw material for the development of the artistic work could be collected; The result was a public installation that used the cigarette butt as a health problem that is more evident in parks, squares and streets, areas that were mainly used as meeting places for citizens.