Left Wing Model
Exhibition by Salmo Suyo
Sculpture + video + publication
Left Wing Model is a sculptural study that explores power dynamics materializing as construction-like forms which function as the primary actors within the installation. It references the language of urban models and it includes other cultural systems, the personal ones, the experiential relations that Salmo has developed over the short time of living in a European city.
By comparing two places: Maravilca, a small village in Junín, Peru, and Zurich, Salmo emphasizes power imbalances.
Salmo had extensive conversations with professors, activists, medical doctors and other actors in Zurich. This resulted in the work Talking with the Swiss (2029-2024) informs about issues of gender incongruence focused on the transmasculine experience that appeared in these interactions and in his daily life.
The sculpture shows reminiscences of these conversations. A clear example is a specific place: the Ministerio Transexual, which is an imagined bureaucratic infrastructure. In the sculpture the ministeriums appear as buildings that regulate and support the demographies that are in gender transition.
With this content, Salmo organizes a playful urban distribution of a group of constructions conditioned by their functions and political position. The sculpture features handwritten statements that reflect on labor, social roles, and the demands placed on a marginalized community within the urban spectrum. The work includes a video that describes the deriva of the sculpture and a print publication.
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photo credit: Tim Lauer
