THE PAST IS MORE UNCERTAIN THAT THE FUTURE

INSTALLATION, 2019

The past is more uncertain than the future portrays objects found in the house of peasants in the region of Karelia (Russia), almost like children's toys, which are like finds with politica and historical resonances. For Russia particularly, politcal changes (Tsarism, Comunism and Capitalism) brought about a profound crisis in collective and individual identity.

The Russian proverb "the past is more uncertain than the future" refers to a sense of unease produced when historical facts are subverted from above as a form of excercising control. Carelia, internacional con momnumento (2019) is an intuitively constructed film based on poetic impressions in which historical memory is created using archive images, views of nature, family scenes and inquisitorial testimonies.

TEA - Tenerife Espacio de las Artes en el marco de Fotonoviembre 19 - Bienal Internacional de Fotografía "Mitos del Futuro Próximo " (2019)

MATERIALS:

Photography: "El pasado es más incierto que el futuro" de Andrés Duque (2018)

Film Excerpts: "Häidenvietto Karjalan runomailla" AKA "A Wedding in the Karelian Songland"" (1921) Dir. A. O. Väisänen. Cortesía de Kalevalaseura-säättïo.

Reference Books:  Pringle, Heather "The Master Plan - Himmler Scholars and the Holocaust" Chapter 7 "Enchantment", Ed. Harper Perennial (2006). / Lönnrot, Elias "Kalevala" Canto XXX, Ed. Alianza Literaria (1992). / Tolkien, J.R.R, "Letters from Father Christmas" Pg. 135, Ed. Harper Collins Publisher (2015). /

Borjes, Jorge Luis, "Ficciones", Cap. "La muerte y la brújula", Ed. Debolsillo (2011).