top of page

formicarium

Perhaps the rare —the anomaly—, by deferring its appearance, stirs up desire; whether it is imperceptible to the capacities of those who wanted to apprehend it, or hidden under the surface of the usual, the desire for the self remains —with this concealment— stable. But the exception can be revealed, perhaps, in the obsessive hobby of contemplating the evolution of things: and captured instantly, before its strangeness dissipates; however, sometimes, the wait is tense, and can push to induce such unusual expressions of nature.

Puente captures metropolitan landscapes —these are Catalan panoramas— and multiplies the scenes by aligning them contiguously and in parallel bands, like terrariums. This disposition seems to want to emphasize and dramatize the multitude of supercolonies, whose individuals that compose it see in such an exercise their identity extinguished and anonymity accentuated, for the sake of a communication of a complex order in which they participate, constituting, in turn, an organicity with recognizable boundaries: it is no longer a question, then, of identities that disintegrate in the midst of the crowd, but of a single community body, not without, however, a sinister component. Delimited in the peepholes that the observer agent has in his montage, the scenes dramatize the photographic sense of the capture, and connote a certain urgency of the observer; and, on occasions, they are energized as a landscape and ethnographic photonovel.

IMG_3990_edited_edited.png

Perhaps the odd thing-the anomaly-by differing its appearance, stimulates desire; Whether imperceptible to the capacities of those who wish to apprehend it, or crouched below the surface of the usual, the desire for self remains-with this concealment-stable. But the exception may be revealed, perhaps, in the obsessive fondness of contemplating the evolution of things: and captured instantly, before its strangeness dissipates; however, sometimes, the wait is tense, and may push to induce such in-common expressions of nature.

Puente captures metropolitan landscapes -these are Catalan landscapes-, and multiples the scenes by aligning them contiguously and in parallel bands, like terrariums. This disposition seems to want to emphasize and dramatize the multitude of the supercolonies, whose individuals who compose it see their identity as extinguished and anonymous, in the interest of a complex communication in which they participate, constituting, in turn, an organicity of recognizable boundaries : it is no longer, then, the identities that disintegrate in the middle of the crowd, but a single community body, not lacking, however, a sinister component. Bound in the peepholes that the observing agent arranges in his montage, the scenes dramatize the photographic sense of the capture, and connote some urgency of the observer; and, on occasion, they become dynamic as a landscape and ethnographic fotonovela.

damian cabrera

Asuncion, June 2017

bottom of page