THE TRIP OF THE GRANDPARENTS (El viaje de los abuelos) 2002
terra cotta, corozo pods, string and crêpe paper
variable dimensions, approx. 33 ft x 5 ft
Memorial for all the dead of the civil war in Guatemala (!960-1996)
Inspired by the lack of any memorial whatsoever to the dead of the Civil War in Guatemala (1960-1996), and also by antique Mayan funeral scenes of
the passing to the Underworld. (Mayan-descent Indigenous people of Guatemala were the most affected by the civil war)