Abril Ayala Siman

Fly with Pacha, Into the Aerocene

On January 25, 2020, the aerosolar sculpture Aerocene Pacha flew with a message written with the communities of Salinas Grandes in Jujuy, Argentina, written on its surface: “Water and Life are Worth More than Lithium.” This achievement marks the most sustainable flight in human history and one of the most important experiments in the history of aviation. Completed in solidarity with the 33 Indigenous communities in the Salinas Grandes region, the flight amplified their voices in unison against harmful lithium mining practices in northern Argentina.

Farmacia

In the face of an apparent disagreement, a pair of girls manages to find each other through different objects scattered throughout Buenos Aires. However, upon arriving at a bookstore, one of those objects, a book with a rough cover, triggers a crossing of spaces: from the discovery of objects, we move on to discovering spaces that intersect with a different logic than the city. We go from the city to the forest, from the forest to a cabin, and from a cabin to train tracks. Meanwhile, we discover that not only are they following the same route, but several pairs of girls, dressed alike, traverse the same spaces but in opposite directions.