Two ceramics of dogs look at each other and foam, drawing attention to a platform on which we see other ceramic pieces: beers and small cockroaches. Arturo Kameya's reflection stems from an investigation into his country of origin, Peru, a complex and contradictory territory. What seems to refer to elements of everyday life and individual stories actually refers to very recent events in the country's social memory.
What are the relationships between cockroaches, dogs and beer? It's possible to find in them a dialog with surrealism, or a great power of death, or even the relationship between violence and society. The artist's iconographic universe provokes more doubts than certainties.
Interviews
Image and sound: B Paolucci and Julia Gil
Editing: B Paolucci and Julia Gil
Recording of the works
Image: Helena Wolfenson, Marcos Yoshi and Tom Butcher Cury
Sound: Tomás Franco
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