{"id":22451,"date":"2024-12-04T17:47:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T16:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luzinterruptus.com\/?p=22451"},"modified":"2024-12-29T15:55:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T14:55:36","slug":"to-arms-a-christmas-exercise-that-will-never-come-to-light-a-las-armas-un-ejercicio-navideno-que-nunca-vera-la-luz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luzinterruptus.com\/?p=22451","title":{"rendered":"To Arms! (A Christmas exercise that will never come to light) \/ A las armas!!!! (un ejercicio navide\u00f1o que nunca ver\u00e1 la luz)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We\u00a0are now in the holiday season, a period that, in terms of lighting, displeases us due to its ostentation and lack of aesthetic taste. Furthermore, we cannot stop thinking about the exorbitant spending of public budgets and the energy consumption it entails every time we step outside. Our cities seem to measure their relevance by the height of their Christmas trees and position themselves on tourist maps based on the brightness they project into space.<\/p>\n

Since we began working with light, we have taken advantage of this season to carry out an aesthetic and reflective exercise in the form of a provocative Christmas decoration<\/a>. We\u2019ve ventured into the streets to create guerrilla art pieces, and we also enjoy imagining projects that, although we know they will never be realized, summarize concerns or events that deeply unsettle us.<\/p>\n

Our proposals have addressed numerous contemporary issues. From environmental concerns to social reflections, we have tackled problems that worry us. Recently, the topic of war has taken over our imagination. Every day we feel it closer, and we need to highlight the absurdity of ignoring it while decorating our cities with bright and ornamental lights.<\/p>\n

This year, we\u2019ve fantasized about a large-scale piece (dreaming is free). We imagined trees and garlands typical of the season, constructed from illuminated toy weapons. In our vision, these weapons would come from donations by families who decide to remove them from their children\u2019s play routines.<\/p>\n

Ideally, we hope that, upon seeing these colorful plastic weapons transformed into Christmas decorations, people would question whether it is truly necessary to give these kinds of toys as gifts and what values we are transmitting with them. Most importantly, they would reflect on why we celebrate so ostentatiously while witnessing, in real time, how children suffer and die in wars of hatred that have nothing to do with them.<\/p>\n

Whether we like to admit it or not, war is becoming increasingly present in our reality, and toy weapons, even if made of plastic, perpetuate an idea we should not normalize.<\/p>\n

We imagine a large mountain or tree filled with toy pistols, rifles, and machine guns, serving as a colorful and luminous monument to disarmament and surrender. Transforming objects traditionally tied to war imagery into a piece displayed on the streets might make us pause, even briefly, to consider what we teach and transmit to children and what we wish for their future.<\/p>\n

The proposal would be simple to execute, using the conical structures often rented in towns to set up Christmas trees. These would be covered with toy weapons illuminated from within, transforming them into an explosion of color and recognizable shapes. The garlands would follow the same logic: the lights crossing the streets would be adorned with toy weapons of various sizes and colors, tangled together in a chaotic but luminous display.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s be realistic: this proposal will never come to fruition. Not because it is technically complicated, but because it feels uncomfortable during a festive season full of \u00abgood\u00bb love and consumerist excess. Furthermore, its execution would require significant logistical effort and considerable dedication from all parties involved. It would involve finding institutions and associations willing to participate in collecting the toys over an extended period, coordinating all the logistics, and finally producing the project.<\/p>\n

But since imagining is something we excel at, we leave this light proposal here, one that will never see the light of day. And in the meantime, we remain in the dark to celebrate, as we do every year, that we don\u2019t have much worth celebrating.<\/p>\n

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Ya estamos en la \u00e9poca navide\u00f1a, un periodo que, lum\u00ednicamente, nos desagrada por la ostentaci\u00f3n y la falta de gusto est\u00e9tico. Adem\u00e1s, no podemos dejar de pensar en el gasto desorbitado de los presupuestos p\u00fablicos y el consumo energ\u00e9tico que conlleva cada vez que salimos de casa. Nuestras ciudades parecen medir su relevancia por la altura de sus \u00e1rboles navide\u00f1os y se posicionan en los mapas tur\u00edsticos seg\u00fan el brillo que proyectan al espacio.<\/p>\n

Desde que comenzamos a trabajar con la luz, hemos aprovechado estas fechas para realizar un ejercicio est\u00e9tico y reflexivo en forma de decoraci\u00f3n navide\u00f1a reivindicativa<\/a>. Hemos salido a la calle a crear piezas de guerrilla y tambi\u00e9n nos gusta imaginar proyectos que, aunque sabemos que nunca se llevar\u00e1n a cabo, resumen preocupaciones o hechos que nos inquietan profundamente.<\/p>\n

Nuestras propuestas han abordado numerosos temas de actualidad. Desde cuestiones medioambientales hasta reflexiones sociales, hemos tratado problem\u00e1ticas que nos preocupan. \u00daltimamente, el tema b\u00e9lico se ha apoderado de nuestro imaginario. Sentimos la guerra cada vez m\u00e1s cerca y necesitamos mostrar lo absurdo de ignorarla mientras decoramos nuestras ciudades con luces brillantes y ornamentales.<\/p>\n

As\u00ed que, este a\u00f1o, hemos fantaseado con una pieza navide\u00f1a de envergadura (so\u00f1ar no cuesta). Imaginamos \u00e1rboles y guirnaldas t\u00edpicos de estas fechas, construidos con armas de juguete iluminadas. En nuestra visi\u00f3n, estas armas provendr\u00edan de donaciones de familias que deciden retirarlas de la rutina de juegos de sus hijos.<\/p>\n

Idealmente, suponemos que, al encontrar estas armas pl\u00e1sticas y coloridas transformadas en decoraci\u00f3n navide\u00f1a, las personas se cuestionen si realmente es necesario regalar este tipo de juguetes y qu\u00e9 valores estamos transmitiendo con ellos. Y, lo m\u00e1s importante, reflexionar sobre por qu\u00e9 celebramos de forma tan ostentosa mientras vemos, en directo, c\u00f3mo la infancia sufre y muere en guerras de odio que nada tienen que ver con ellos.<\/p>\n

Nos guste o no reconocerlo, la guerra est\u00e1 cada vez m\u00e1s presente en nuestra realidad, y los juguetes b\u00e9licos, aunque sean de pl\u00e1stico, perpet\u00faan una idea que no deber\u00edamos normalizar.<\/p>\n

Nos imaginamos una gran monta\u00f1a \u00e1rbol lleno de pistolas, rifles y metralletas de juguete, a modo de monumento infantil al desarme y la rendici\u00f3n, con un aire colorido y luminoso. Transformar objetos propios de la iconograf\u00eda b\u00e9lica, en una pieza expuesta en las calles, podr\u00eda hacer que, por un rato, pensemos en lo que ense\u00f1amos y transmitimos a los ni\u00f1os, y sobre lo qu\u00e9 deseamos para su futuro.<\/p>\n

La propuesta ser\u00eda sencilla de ejecutar, utilizando las estructuras c\u00f3nicas que suelen alquilarse en los pueblos para montar \u00e1rboles navide\u00f1os. Estas se cubrir\u00edan con juguetes b\u00e9licos iluminados desde el interior para transformarlos as\u00ed en una explosi\u00f3n de color y formas reconocibles. Las guirnaldas seguir\u00edan la misma l\u00f3gica: las luces que cruzan las calles estar\u00edan llenas de armas de juguete de diferentes tama\u00f1os y colores, entrelazadas en una mara\u00f1a ca\u00f3tico luminosa.<\/p>\n

Seamos realistas: esta propuesta nunca se llevar\u00e1 a cabo. No porque sea t\u00e9cnicamente complicada, sino porque resulta inc\u00f3moda para estos momentos festivos cargados de amor del bueno y de derroche consumista. Adem\u00e1s, su ejecuci\u00f3n requerir\u00eda un gran esfuerzo log\u00edstico y una dedicaci\u00f3n considerable por parte de todos los implicados. Habr\u00eda que encontrar instituciones y asociaciones dispuestas a involucrarse en la recolecci\u00f3n de los juguetes durante un largo tiempo, coordinar toda la log\u00edstica y, finalmente, producir el proyecto.<\/p>\n

Pero, como imaginar se nos da bien, dejamos aqu\u00ed esta propuesta de luz que nunca ver\u00e1 la luz. Y mientras tanto, nos quedamos a oscuras para celebrar, como cada a\u00f1o, que no tenemos mucho bueno que celebrar.<\/p>\n

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