El papel aguanta todo (Put it on paper)

2022-2024

The accumulation of data has become a capital that influences knowledge, culture, and political landscapes. Creating art with data can be understood as a form of data analysis that transcends traditional interpretations of data. By 2024, the Colombian government had registered around five million women as victims of forced displacement due to the Colombian armed conflict. The performance and interactive installation aim to bring audiences closer to the materiality of data from the long-lasting Colombian armed conflict. By visceralizing this information, the project seeks to remind viewers that behind the datafication of traumatic experiences, there are real people.

El Papel Aguanta Todo constitutes a representation of how to approach data from traumatic experiences while constantly iterating on questioning the entanglement between embodiment, data, and automation. Martinez-Yepes’s multimedia installation provides a space and time for the audience to engage with the narrative of forced displacement, transforming them into active participants in reflecting on the datafication of this subject.