You breathe… the light enters - The Air as an instrument - The air as a bond - The violence of the invisible - It disrupts all of us
Air Supply is a project investigating the relationship between air and the violence of the invisible. That violence is linked to what we normally do not associate with violence and which goes back to what we do not associate as an instrument of cruelty. In this case, the air works as a weapon for femicide worldwide, especially in domestic spaces.
Plants have served as protection elements for women. In an invisible way, women using certain plants can make their attacker sick or even kill them. In this project:
Scent of space
Holly: Use purgative and irritant. Obstruction of the digestive system. Eating the fruit can be deadly in large doses.
Amaryllis: Contains toxins that can cause vomiting, depression, diarrhea, abdominal pain, hypersalivation, anorexia, and seizures.
Lilis/Azucenas: Vomiting, lethargy, tachycardia, and polyuria.
Tulip: Eating the bulb causes indigestion, central nervous system depression, seizures, and cardiac abnormalities.
Chrysanthemum: Contains pyrethrins that can cause gastrointestinal imbalance, depression, and loss of coordination.
Data
Mexico adds 3,462 women murdered in 2021, an average of more than 10 per day, according to updated figures from the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP).-El Heraldo, 11/19/2022
According to data from the National Information Center of the Secretariat for Citizen Security and Protection (11/30/22), at least 112,300 women have been victims of violence in Mexico.
In Mexico, a homicide caused by suffocation is classified as "with another element"
Backstories of the portrats depicted
Debanhi Escobar, whose body was found in April 2022, died of suffocation in its variety of respiratory orifice obstruction.
Cecilia, Araceli, and Dora, the sisters appeared dead and with signs of suffocation in a house in the city of Torreón in 2020.
Credits
Curator: Pancho López
Photo and Video Registration: Matthew Bernard
Edition: Magaly Vega
Technical Assistant: Dante Tapia
Air Supply is a project investigating the relationship between air and the violence of the invisible. That violence is linked to what we normally do not associate with violence and which goes back to what we do not associate as an instrument of cruelty. In this case, the air works as a weapon for femicide worldwide, especially in domestic spaces.
Plants have served as protection elements for women. In an invisible way, women using certain plants can make their attacker sick or even kill them. In this project:
Scent of space
Holly: Use purgative and irritant. Obstruction of the digestive system. Eating the fruit can be deadly in large doses.
Amaryllis: Contains toxins that can cause vomiting, depression, diarrhea, abdominal pain, hypersalivation, anorexia, and seizures.
Lilis/Azucenas: Vomiting, lethargy, tachycardia, and polyuria.
Tulip: Eating the bulb causes indigestion, central nervous system depression, seizures, and cardiac abnormalities.
Chrysanthemum: Contains pyrethrins that can cause gastrointestinal imbalance, depression, and loss of coordination.
Data
Mexico adds 3,462 women murdered in 2021, an average of more than 10 per day, according to updated figures from the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP).-El Heraldo, 11/19/2022
According to data from the National Information Center of the Secretariat for Citizen Security and Protection (11/30/22), at least 112,300 women have been victims of violence in Mexico.
In Mexico, a homicide caused by suffocation is classified as "with another element"
Backstories of the portrats depicted
Debanhi Escobar, whose body was found in April 2022, died of suffocation in its variety of respiratory orifice obstruction.
Cecilia, Araceli, and Dora, the sisters appeared dead and with signs of suffocation in a house in the city of Torreón in 2020.
Credits
Curator: Pancho López
Photo and Video Registration: Matthew Bernard
Edition: Magaly Vega
Technical Assistant: Dante Tapia