Leonel
Aldana
El Pueblo No Se Olvida
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me tengo que ir
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Por si las Moscas
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El Pueblo No Se Olvida translates to “the people will never forget”. This body of work is made with chlorophyll prints on banana leaves and anthotypes using a banana leaf emulsion, and the project is based around imperialism, revisionist history, and colonialism that coincided with the introduction of the banana in Guatemala. Revisionist history works in favor of the oppressor as it allows them to be cleared of fault and negligence while attempting to erase the memory and existence of the oppressed. All of the prints are made with found images of the men who were involved with either uplifting or attempting to destroy the people of Guatemala. Unless preserved with chemicals, chlorophyll prints themselves are unstable and are prone to fading and deteriorating, similar to how memories and stories fade and deteriorate over time. White supremacy, colonialism, and male domination have had a long lasting impression on Guatemala and Latin America as a whole, but the memory of their destruction is burned into the country through death and destruction along the way. No matter how much people try to change history, the land will never forget and neither will its people.