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Plano Negativo is a visual, material and spatial research studio for Latin America. Their practice focuses on developing projects that intertwine historical and archival analysis with contemporary issues from art, design, architecture and social theory. His methods employ multi-temporal 3D modeling, remote sensing and cartographic analysis, as well as experimental documentary, data visualization and other techniques from art and architecture. He focuses on studying environmental violence, police brutality and histories of political violence, forced disappearances and legacies of the Cold War in Latin America. Although based in Colombia, its projects involve the intense participation of artists, designers and academics from different parts of the region, with the aim of developing a network of visual research in the context of the Americas, recognizing situated knowledge in the formulation of new methodologies.
Plano Negativo. Proyecto Data – Tierra, 2025. Vista de instalación. Foto: Byron Mármol. Cortesía: Fundación Paiz / Bienal de Arte Paiz
Plano Negativo. Project Data – Tierra, 2025. Installation view. Photo: Byron Mármol. Courtesy: Fundación Paiz / Bienal de Arte Paiz
Proyecto Data – Tierra, 2025
Instalación
Dimensiones variables
Cortesía de los artistas
Comisionada para la 24 Bienal de Arte Paiz
Esta instalación multimedia examina la manera en la que las prácticas humanas han convertido el medio ambiente en un arma, enfocándose en la erradicación forzada de cultivos de coca en el Guaviare, una de las regiones más fumigadas de Colombia. El proyecto visibiliza los vacíos en los datos oficiales que sustentan las políticas detrás de la fumigación aérea, a través del análisis de archivos, mapas, imágenes satelitales y trabajo de campo se revela la manera en la que la información incompleta se convierte en herramienta de poder que justifica la violencia ambiental y social, cuestionando la desconexión entre quienes generan los datos y quienes viven sus consecuencias.
Project Data – Tierra, 2025
Installation
Variable Dimensions
Courtesy of the artists
Commissioned for the 24th Paiz Art Biennial
This multimedia installation examines how human practices have turned the environment into a weapon, focusing on the forced eradication of coca crops in Guaviare, one of the most heavily fumigated regions in Colombia. The project highlights the gaps in the official data that support the policies behind aerial fumigation. Through the analysis of archives, maps, satellite images, and fieldwork, it reveals how incomplete information becomes a tool of power that justifies environmental and social violence, questioning the disconnect between those who generate the data and those who live with its consequences.