| 40_restos /España /Dómix Garrido Abenza y Teresa Lan (videografía)
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´40_restos´ es el título de la performance realizada durante 40 días, entre el 3 de octubre y el 14 de noviembre de 2025 en el Cuartel de Artillería de Murcia, España, enmarcada en la exposición "Ecos de Taiwán" exposición organizada para la Embajada de Taiwán y la Oficina Cultural de Taipei, comisariada por PROYECTOR Plataforma de Imagen en Movimiento.
'40_remains' is the title of the performance piece carried out over 40 days, between October 3 and November 14, 2025, at the Artillery Barracks in Murcia, Spain. It was part of the "Echoes of Taiwan" exhibition, organized for the Embassy of Taiwan and the Taipei Cultural Office, and curated by PROYECTOR Moving Image Platform. '40_remains' pays homage to the historic Taiwanese performance artist Tehching Hsieh. This artist works with the passage of time as a tool of resistance. Hsieh methodically documents the details of his creative process with photographs. A noteworthy detail in this tribute is that the artist signed a "Declaration," like an oath, reflecting his intentions. Dómix Garrido did the same, making a commitment to himself days before the performance began, a commitment he upheld until the end. "40_remains" also has clear connotations with the "Gaza Menu" project by journalist Mikel Ayestaran, which showcases the 500 plates of food on which the Hammad family survived. The resulting action was conceived as a durational action, consisting of taking a Polaroid photograph of the remains of the single plate of food the artist ate daily. The monetary value of the uneaten breakfast and dinner was donated to Doctors Without Borders, an organization involved in the reconstruction of Gaza. In collaboration with this NGO, Dómix launched a Solidarity Initiative entitled "40_remains. Action for Gaza," open to donations in support of the Palestinian people and the country's reconstruction. The problem is that, even after the agreed ceasefire, that land continues to bury bodies. It is, therefore, a relevant and politically charged artistic intervention, where performance art and solidarity action coexist in support of a people oppressed for decades: Palestine and the West Bank are currently suffering the deprivation of their freedoms and barely subsisting under the largest documented genocide of this century. The current Israeli government has a clear and forceful objective: its extermination. The installation, which emerged in progress, consisted of the exhibition of 40 Polaroids made with the remains of plates and 2 Polaroids showing the physical changes experienced by the artist after 40 days of partial fasting. Why the food scraps on the plate? It is clear that the scarcity of everything, after so long a blockade preventing the entry of humanitarian aid and food, medicine, water, and basic necessities, is a stark reminder of the punishment inflicted on the Gazan population in every possible way. The artist believes that "remains"—what no one wants, the waste we throw away after meals, such as bones, hides, bark, and peels—constitute a subculture that operates far removed from our own. Making it visible, bringing us closer to the forgotten, to those who would give anything to access these scraps, is an act of solidarity. For Dómix Garrido, "remains" represents the rubble, the ruins in which Palestinians have left their homes and lives in the Gaza Strip, the annihilation of Palestinian culture, the dust into which the Israeli government has reduced their spiritual memory. |
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https://www.instagram.com/domixgarrido/ Performer, investigador escénico, docente, escritor y gestor cultural licenciado en Artes Escénicas y especialista en Museología y Arte Contemporáneo. |