¨Primero vencer, luego reinar¨
Constanza Reyes

During her residence in ´ace Constanza Reyes developed her project ¨Primero vencer, luego reinar¨ (First to conquer, then to reign). It is an artist’s book unfolded that emerges from a permanent observation and wandering of the territory. Walking is another alternative to understand the space we inhabit, another way to capture and approach the territory in an affective way. It becomes a resource for discovering objects and situations that go unnoticed, stopping in front of the unknown and chance encounters.

After touring different spaces in Buenos Aires, she came across a book that narrates and describes the conquest of Peru. With the intention of appropriating the found object, she adapted the story with the history of the conquest of her own country, and with contemporary Chilean conflicts, according to her own experience. The book was directly intervened through monotype and photolithography techniques, which allowed her to highlight or cancel significant texts and incorporate personal images that dialogue between her memory and her recollection.