An Ill Wind, CAC Quito, 2024

A galvanized steel cut in the shape of a weathervane tradition and bent into a helicoidal configuration that corresponds to a wind turbine.

This remote collaboration with Alfredo Ramírez Raymond explores the 20th century processes of mechanisation and industrialisation that have fuelled tropical expansion towards Earth’s poles, contributing to the global phenomenon of wind stilling. From the weathervane - once a symbol of wind as a messenger between earth and sky - to the wind turbines that harness wind for energy production, the project questions whether we will soon rely on machines to generate wind when natural air currents surrender due to global heat.

Exhibited at Contemporary Art Center of Quito as part of the Mariano Aguilera National Prize of the Arts Work in Progress show. It was the first activation of the project ‘From Steel to Mud’ by Alfredo Ramírez Raymond.

Special thanks to Lithuanian Council for Culture for their kind project support and Juan Emilio Jiménez for production assistance and exhibition photography.