EXPLOSIVE SONGBOOK, 2025
Text traced with pyrotechnic powders on canvas.
Text traced with pyrotechnic powders on canvas.
Text traced with pyrotechnic powders on canvas.
Text traced with pyrotechnic powders on canvas.
Text traced with pyrotechnic powders on canvas.
Text traced with pyrotechnic powders on canvas.
Text traced with pyrotechnic powders on canvas
1. *To Defeat the Tyrant*
2. *The Little Smoke Insurrection Is Coming*
3. *A System of Violence Is Brought Down*
4. *I Saw You Leave Amid Smoke and Gunfire*
This series of handwritten texts draws on the lyrics of protest songs and anthems of social struggle in Latin America, by authors from Uruguay, Colombia, Cuba, and Nicaragua. Like a printed songbook, these works suggest a shared narrative that intertwines stories of oppression and sovereignty across the continent. The technique was specially developed by the artist in collaboration with master pyrotechnicians Alberto Sánchez, Vanessa Lorena Linares, and Adolfo Álvarez in Tultepec, State of Mexico.
Credits:
Texts: Julio Conrado, César Vallejo, Carlos Puebla, Pancasán, Sergio Rojas Ravelo
Research: Camilo Martínez
Design: Adela Goldbard
Fabrication: Adela Goldbard and PESLI Team: Roberto Sánchez Olvera, Vanessa Lorena Linares Garzón, Adolfo Álvarez Soberanis
DRAFTS 1, 2, & 3
Pyrotechnic painting detonated with colored smoke on canvas.
Pyrotechnic painting detonated with colored smoke on canvas.
Pyrotechnic painting detonated with colored smoke on canvas.
Pyrotechnic painting detonated with colored smoke on canvas
Created in Tultepec, State of Mexico—a town renowned for its tradition in explosive technologies and host of the annual International Pyrotechnics Fair—this series uses a technique specially developed by the artist in collaboration with master pyrotechnicians Alberto Sánchez, Vanessa Lorena Linares, and Adolfo Álvarez. The works feature chromatic compositions that evoke a sense of movement on the canvas, produced through the detonation of explosives and pigments during live performative actions.
Texts by: Julio Conrado, César Vallejo, Carlos Puebla, Pancasán, Sergio Rojas Ravelo
Credits:
Design: Adela Goldbard
Fabrication: Adela Goldbard and PESLI Team: Roberto Sánchez Olvera, Vanessa Lorena Linares Garzón, Adolfo Álvarez Soberanis