Disappearing Landscapes
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Monte de Tena

Juan Arturo García

Juan Arturo García

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Time-based portrait of a disappearing landscape

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Monte de Tena

Cundinamarca, Colombia.

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Function: source of Europe-led cinchona extraction (1759–1882)

Repurposed: US-led extraction (1942–1945)

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Disappearing Landscapes is a live project of artistic & philosophical research that investigates:

  1. The production of knowledge and ignorance about quinine and the Cinchona tree, which was endemic to the forests of the Andes and is now practically extinct.
  2. The networks that connected the South American forests with the industrial landscape of their exploitation in the Netherlands, and around the world.
  3. An aspiration to make these histories and their reverberations tangible.

This project has received the kind support of Stimuleringsfonds Creative Funds NL.

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