Curatorial text
A work may not begin with the definition of a concept, or a more or less defined idea. Sometimes the process can be sparked by a fleeting sensation that bursts in with its strangeness during everyday work; perhaps a half-recorded image, or a story we are not even sure belongs to us.
The inspiration for Luciano Chacón's work comes from the island territory that shelters him. A land scattered with carob, almond and prickly pear trees, like a gentle body of salt and sand crossed for centuries by transhumant footsteps, where each human group has left its mark.
On an island one is always arriving, always leaving. And yet the mineral silence of the afternoon, in that sea-sheltered land, produces a certain sense of stillness and eternity. The scenes that make up this sequence seek to transcend the space-time in which they originate, evoking the nuances and texture of sand.
— Curatorial text by Jimena Ferrero, photographer and graduate in Anthropology.