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At all costs, the phoenix emerges as an idea materialized in one way or another every December 8th. Whether as a pillar, as a condor, as an infinite task or eternal ideal shield. I told them in order. The last one, the fourth, is a scale representation of a fragment of the Customs building that bears the coat of arms of Catalonia and that I moved in procession from the Foc metro station in the Free Trade Zone to the Customs building, next to the Columbus Monument. I united areas of economic exchange, in a free but regulated cycle; it is or it is not. Anyway, I took the pieces to offer them to the tourists and no one wanted them. The fact is that receiving as gifts glimpses of cultures, foreign or not, has never been customary. The police kicked us out without the officers themselves knowing what was wrong. But maybe that was it: It is not the custom. Things are bought, sold, taken or stolen. Accepting things as gifts has no merit. “You’re waisting your time”.
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A ultranza, surge el fénix como idea materializada de alguna u otra forma cada 8 de diciembre. Ya sea como pilar, como condor, como tarea infinita o eterno escudo ideal. Los dije en orden. El último, el cuarto, es una representación a escala de un fragmento del edificio de Aduanas que lleva el escudo de Cataluña y que desplacé en procesión desde metro Foc en Zona Franca hasta el edificio de Aduanas, junto al Monumento a Colon. Uní áreas de intercambio económico, en ciclo libre pero reglamentado; es o no es. Como sea, llevé las piezas para ofrendarlas y nadie las quizo. Es que recibir en regalo atisbos de culturas, ajenas o no, nunca ha sido costumbre. Nos echó la policía sin saber los oficiales mismos qué estaba mal. Pero quizás era eso: No es la usanza. Las cosas se compran, se venden, se hayan o se roban. Aceptar las cosas en regalo no tiene mérito. Pierden el tiempo.
Photos taken by Rodrigo Albornoz, Patricio Blanche and Pilar Quinteros
Flyer of the multidisciplinary event Over the Ruins, in which ADUANAS was first exhibited as a performance and a video.
Pilar Quinteros 