Heating resistance, insulators, steel cord, sensors, electricity.
2009


Resistencia es una instalación que dibuja la línea fronteriza México-Estados Unidos con un filamento metálico incandescente, llamado resistencia calefactora.
La obra se presenta en el espacio físico como un límite real, desbordado de tensión e incandescencia, que establece una relación metafórica con la realidad socio-política que se vive en ambos lados de la frontera, representándola como un borde de alta peligrosidad, así como de ruptura y distorsión de las relaciones entre dos naciones vecinas.
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Resistance is a representation of the United States-Mexico border executed with a metal incandescent filament called resistance heating. The resistance used in the work establishes a metaphorical relationship to the socio-political reality that is lived on both sides of the border, by representing it as an overwhelming line filled with tension and incandescence. Resistance heating demands and consumes large amounts of energy from the electrical grid that feeds it.
The work reflects the border as a dangerous edge, as well as the rupture and distortion of relations between two neighboring nations.
Resistance has been exhibited in Distorsions: Contemporary Media Art from Mexico, an exhibition curated by Karla Jasso in the Holman Hall Art Gallery, University of New Jersey. Next February it will be shown at the Museo de la Ciudad de México.














































