The ruins we live with are not just the debris and material remnants of the past; above all, they bear witness to the losses associated with that disappearance. Furthermore, they force us to deal with a series of conflicting remnants, the immaterial rust of decaying political institutions, outdated ideological structures, and archaic biases that remain in place despite the rapid degradation of the present.
Tacla speaks of sites in destruction. These are not monumental ruins or relics evocative of a present but petrified memory, but rather the perpetual transformation of a moment after the crash, the image that follows the breaking point that originates it.
-Matías Celedón, Damage Control (excerpt from catalog)
