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Creative - NOMINEE: Agustina Lallana
Canta Gallo 2017-2018
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Traditional popular culture is considered one of the elements that configure and define the collective personality of the peoples, underlines the richness of cultural diversity and the values that are transmitted orally through groups and communities. Cockfights are a tradition of the rural communities of the Putumayo jungle, imposed for centuries by the collective will and that has not changed its internal movement despite the historical-social changes that have taken place over several centuries.
The roosters entered Colombia through Cartagena, from Spain and to Putumayo along with the evangelizing missions of the Capuchins in the early 1600s. At the beginning this activity was persecuted, limiting it in some cases and prohibiting it in others, since they believed that it inflamed the Creoles and encouraged them to fight, as it was a meeting point to conspire against Spain. Today it is one of the most entrenched customs of the country man.
The rooster is a very territorial bird. If it is threatened, it emits its sing to move away its rivals, if another rooster dares to invade its territory, there can be a confrontation even to death to remain with the dominion. The admirers of these roosters associate this attitude with the human virtue of courage.
In the series “Canta Gallo” I move away from the hustle and bustle of the fights, to portray the fine rooster with acute sensitivity. The cockpits chosen for this project are located on the border between Colombia and Ecuador, within the former Las FARC Front 48. They are frequented by settlers, guerrilla leaders, indigenous people and people who work in coca fields.
The rivalry between roosters is instinctive but the show of the fight is a creation of man, however, this work does not attempt to generate a debate between those who consider cockfights animal abuse and those who defend them as a century-old way, but to re-interpret a symbol of the popular expression from the Putumayo tradition.
About author:
b.1979, Córdoba, Argentina.
Agustina Lallana is an Argentine visual artist who uses photography as a medium. She holds a Master's Degree in Contemporary Photography and Project Management from EFTI in Madrid (2006). That same year she was awarded a scholarship by the Ministry of Employment and Women to study lighting design at the Complutense University of Madrid (2006).
Her work based on the investigation of the popular culture of the Amazon rainforest, brings a critical and contemporary approach to the issues of visual representation.
Her work has been exhibited at international photography festivals and contemporary art museums, including Photo España and Emilio Caraffa Museum of Fine Arts.
The roosters entered Colombia through Cartagena, from Spain and to Putumayo along with the evangelizing missions of the Capuchins in the early 1600s. At the beginning this activity was persecuted, limiting it in some cases and prohibiting it in others, since they believed that it inflamed the Creoles and encouraged them to fight, as it was a meeting point to conspire against Spain. Today it is one of the most entrenched customs of the country man.
The rooster is a very territorial bird. If it is threatened, it emits its sing to move away its rivals, if another rooster dares to invade its territory, there can be a confrontation even to death to remain with the dominion. The admirers of these roosters associate this attitude with the human virtue of courage.
In the series “Canta Gallo” I move away from the hustle and bustle of the fights, to portray the fine rooster with acute sensitivity. The cockpits chosen for this project are located on the border between Colombia and Ecuador, within the former Las FARC Front 48. They are frequented by settlers, guerrilla leaders, indigenous people and people who work in coca fields.
The rivalry between roosters is instinctive but the show of the fight is a creation of man, however, this work does not attempt to generate a debate between those who consider cockfights animal abuse and those who defend them as a century-old way, but to re-interpret a symbol of the popular expression from the Putumayo tradition.
About author:
b.1979, Córdoba, Argentina.
Agustina Lallana is an Argentine visual artist who uses photography as a medium. She holds a Master's Degree in Contemporary Photography and Project Management from EFTI in Madrid (2006). That same year she was awarded a scholarship by the Ministry of Employment and Women to study lighting design at the Complutense University of Madrid (2006).
Her work based on the investigation of the popular culture of the Amazon rainforest, brings a critical and contemporary approach to the issues of visual representation.
Her work has been exhibited at international photography festivals and contemporary art museums, including Photo España and Emilio Caraffa Museum of Fine Arts.