Penínsulas

The wolf no longer inhabits the land that once formed part of its territory, and only through its outlines can we get closer to it. Reserve constructs a story about the fragile balance of a territory after the disappearance of the predator, where the the complex co-existence between humans and non-humans presents a distinctly marked anthropogenic ecosystem.

Viscera, a flock of sheep, a spring. Cooing of pigeons and songs with a closed mouth. A few vultures, bones, flowers and many hands. Hands that feed, milk, stroke, shear, film, hands that kill. Hands that inhabit the doubts and contradictions of handling other species.

In The Blood is White, Óscar Vincentelli uses the surgical precision of a thermal camera to remove all the folklore that covers a bullfight. After turning what one day used to be ‘the national fiesta’ into a macabre dance, all that remains before your eyes is the ritual of death.