Cans of Palestine, the exhibition that shows the memory of a conflict

The House of the First Printing Press in America, headquarters of the Autonomous Metropolitan University (UAM) in Mexico City, hosts the exhibition “Cans of Palestine”, by the artist Rodrigo Ímaz, with free admission.

The exhibition brings everyday objects to the forefront to reflect on the tensions in the Palestinian territory and the marks of power in daily life.

“Ímaz’s attention focused on what normally goes unnoticed: the waste accumulated on the border between Palestine and Israel. Cans, containers and collected garbage become an intervened visual record, functioning as a kind of contemporary archeology,” details the statement.

The exhibition catalog points out that even waste received different treatment depending on its origin and the territory where it was located. The artist’s proposal seeks to show how precariousness and conflict are reflected in the simplest objects when they are stripped of their original function.

The work aims to highlight vestiges of lives in constant tension and traces of a memory that persists despite adverse circumstances. Beyond a documentary record, “Cans of Palestine” questions the material and symbolic marks of power and the forms of resistance that emerge in the midst of these dynamics.