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Buró de Intervenciones Públicas, Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa,
Jessica Kairé, Hellen Ascoli,
Alberto Rodríguez Collía, Jorge de León,
Radamés “Juni” Figueroa

Así que se vaya (So it goes) / Quetzaltenango

Proyectos Ultravioleta
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

With the participation of:
Jessica Kairé, Alberto Rodríguez Collía, Ángel Poyón, Bureau of Public Interventions, Radamés “Juni” Figueroa, Fernando Poyón, Byron Mármol, Edgar Sajcabun, Stefan Benchoam, Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, Benvenuto Chavajay, Edgar Calel, Jorge de León, Mario Santizo, David Pérez Karmadavis, Alejandro Marré, Regina José Galindo, Gabriel Rodríguez, Vic Bahr, Sofia Novella, Alejandro Paz, Melvin Laz, Benjamín Walther, Erick Menchú, Hellen Ascolli, Karl Williamson, Andrea Mármol, Kirsten Lindholm Astrup and Kaputt Arafat.
June 12th, 2012



In the regions of the world in which to make the least possible effort to achieve something is the modus operandi by excellence, the chapuz -the culture of botching or patching things up- prevails. The costume of improvisation as well as the incomplete and precarious solutions (in addition to total indifference to the form) are the most usual in terms of technical and technological difficulties. But this culture has filtered to virtually all aspects of life: from politics to everyday life, of course, through the exercise of occupation and work. Often it shows a good dose of ingenuity, some other times of mischief and cunning as well as a bit of sloppiness. That indolence that characterizes a large part of our Latin American region has defined the way we face problems, but also the landscape that surrounds us, a mixture between function and absurdity.

Así que se vaya… (So it goes…) is exhibition that tries, with little effort and a bit of inventiveness, to give an idea on this matter. It gathers works of several artists linked to Proyectos Ultravioleta and, although it does not want to illustrate the idea of ​​the chapuz, it is forced to assume it as constitutive. Perhaps the exhibition and this text should also include a list of international artists, references to German philosophers of the nineteenth century along with postmodern thinkers and resort to examples of cultural studies but with everything that needs to be done, it seems to us that this is enough. Yes, it would be perfect to solve the problem once and for all, and pursue that ideal of the service society: “excellence”, but while we put ourselves on to it, so it goes–así que se vaya.

Other exhibitions by these artists at Proyectos Ultravioleta: