Valparaiso
Title: Valparaiso
Year: 2008
Measures: 45.7 x 60.9 cm
Technique: Rubbed on paper that unfolds, with stamps
This is the project that the artist begins to perform rubbed soil, initially as a travel log and part of the work postcard entitled To Valparaiso, composed of a 20-rubbed floor made and sent by mail, for 20 consecutive days and from different cities to Valparaíso to be displayed in H10, a small gallery-window the size of a mailbox that was located in front of the Plaza Aníbal Pinto, in Valparaíso. The work was inspired by the cueca, Valparaiso, King of the World, by Luis Castillo. The exhibition failed for 19 rubbed never arrived at their destination and were lost. This rubbing is the only survivor, who came back to the direction of the artist in New York city.
