Charred Wind, 2014, single channel video, ORT: 9:39min.
As dead bodies are submerged and furthermore emerge from rivers like the Magdalena, the spinal cord of Colombia, they warn the riverbank communities of the dangers of breaking the law, but this is not necessarily the law of the state, but that of groups who act outside of it. The exposed cadaver acts as the exemplary cases that assert the perpetrators’ domain. In many cases, the bodies are found thanks to the birds that feed on the remains.