{"id":3762,"date":"2016-05-12T00:01:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T22:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luzinterruptus.com\/?p=3762"},"modified":"2023-05-25T14:03:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T12:03:22","slug":"las-banderas-no-sostienen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luzinterruptus.com\/?p=3762","title":{"rendered":"Flags don’t hold \/ Las banderas no sostienen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last April 14,\u00a0D\u00eda de la Rep\u00fablica (Republic Day)<\/a>, we thought it was the perfect day to take up our guerrilla activities again and go out into the streets to protest against the situation we are currently in, deep in a long-lasting crisis, affording ourselves the luxury of maintaining a king who doesn’t rule but ispaid as if he actually did<\/a>, and a bunch of incompetent politicians\u00a0who are not even able to reach an agreement as to how to do their job<\/a>.<\/p>\n

An absurd reality that has dragged us into second elections that could keep in power a retrograde, evindently corrupt party. It looks like us, Spanish people, are masochists\u2026<\/p>\n

Bearing all this in mind, we came up with the idea of paying a luminous visit to one of the places which best represents this retrograde, chauvinistic spirit that magnifies the symbols of power while it turns its back on the crude reality of citizens. In Madrid, this patriotic symbol has the shape of a 14 x 21 meter flag, weighing 19,000 kilos and bound to a 50 meter high flagpole<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This humongous piece of fabric flaps in the wind at Plaza Col\u00f3n (Columbus Square), a famous place among tourists and hardly visited by local Madrilenians, though we can still feel its daunting presence even while driving around the downtown area.<\/p>\n

So there we went. In an attempt to make the best of the blowing wind that keeps the flag moving, we gathered an army of more than 200 toy parachutes to which we added light and left adrift on the ground.<\/p>\n

To our surprise, the wind refused to work that night and neither moved the flag nor our parachutes. So they finally remained motionless and the figurines stayed lying on the ground bleeding metaphorically. Everything looked very dramatic.<\/p>\n

We called this piece\u00a0\u201cLas banderas no sostienen\u201d\u00a0 (\u00abFlags Don’t Hold)\u00a0and there isn’t much more we can say about it. We leave this for everyone’s interpretation.<\/p>\n

This piece was installed for less than 2 hours. During this time, no one visited the square. So we finally picked everything up leaving no trace of our visit.<\/p>\n

We would like to thank, as usual, all our friends who generously help us –\u00a0 Monta\u00f1a, Alex, Marilena, andLola Mart\u00ednez<\/a> for her wonderful photos.<\/p>\n

Time of installation: 1 hour.
\nDamages: none.
\nExhibition time: 2 hours.<\/p>\n

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El pasado 14 de abril,\u00a0D\u00eda de la Rep\u00fablica<\/a>, nos pareci\u00f3 oportuno retomar nuestras actividades de guerrilla y echarnos a la calle para protestar contra la situaci\u00f3n en la que nos encontramos, metidos en una profunda y larga crisis, y permiti\u00e9ndonos el lujo de mantener\u00a0 a un rey, que no gobierna pero\u00a0que cobra<\/a> como si lo hiciera, y a unos pol\u00edticos que son\u00a0incapaces de ponerse de acuerdo<\/a> para hacer su trabajo.<\/p>\n

Una absurda realidad que nos ha arrastrado a unas segundas elecciones, y que podr\u00edan mantener en el poder a un partido retr\u00f3grado y demostradamente corrupto. Da la sensaci\u00f3n de que los espa\u00f1oles somos masoquistas…<\/p>\n

Pensando en estas cosas, se nos ocurri\u00f3 que podr\u00edamos hacer una visita luminosa a uno de los lugares, donde m\u00e1s visible se hace\u00a0este esp\u00edritu retr\u00f3grado y patriotero que magnifica los s\u00edmbolos del poder, mientras cierra los ojos a la cruda realidad de los ciudadanos. En Madrid, este s\u00edmbolo patri\u00f3tico tiene forma de bandera, de 14 <\/a>x 21 metros, sujeta a un m\u00e1stil de 50 metros y pesa 19.000 kilos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Este inmenso troza de tela, ondea al viento en la c\u00e9ntrica Plaza de Col\u00f3n, lugar de paso para turistas \u00a0y escasamente frecuentado por los madrile\u00f1os, que aun sin acercarnos podemos sentir su imponente presencia cada vez que nos desplazamos en coche por la ciudad.<\/p>\n

All\u00ed nos fuimos, e intentando aprovechar el gran viento que corre y que da vida a la bandera, nos armamos con un ejercito de mas de 200 paraca\u00eddas infantiles, a los que a\u00f1adimos luz, y dejamos en el suelo, a merced del viento.<\/p>\n

Pero sorprendentemente, el viento esa noche no quiso ponerse a trabajar y ni movi\u00f3 la bandera ni levant\u00f3 nuestros paraca\u00eddas, por lo que finalmente quedaron inertes \u00a0y las figuritas, estampadas y sangrando metaf\u00f3ricamente en el suelo. Todo muy dram\u00e1tico.<\/p>\n

Llamamos a la pieza, \u00abLas banderas no sostienen\u00bb<\/strong><\/span> y poco m\u00e1s tenemos que decir sobre ella, mejor que cada uno interprete lo que quiera.<\/p>\n

La pieza estuvo instalada menos de 2 horas, tiempo en el que nadie transit\u00f3 por la plaza, por lo que finalmente recogimos todo, y no qued\u00f3 rastro de nuestra visita.<\/p>\n

Gracias como siempre, a todos los amigos que altruistamente nos ayudan, Monta\u00f1a, Alex, Marilena, y a\u00a0Lola Mart\u00ednez<\/a> por las estupendas fotos.<\/p>\n

Tiempo de instalaci\u00f3n: 1 horas.
\nDa\u00f1os ocasionados: 0.
\nPermanencia de la intervenci\u00f3n: 2 horas.<\/p>\n

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