Rostro Esperanza

A collective image built from discarded materials

flowchart LR A((World Representation)) --> T([The Tangible]) A --> I((The Intangible)) I --> C((Images of Capitalism)) I --> P([Images of the Popular]) I --> AN([Images of the Ancestors]) C --> C1([1. El Colgado]) C --> C2([2. Mr. Burns in Chile]) C --> C3([3. El Empaquetador]) C --> C4((4. Rostro Esperanza)) C --> C5([5. Tragedian]) click A "/EN/world-representation.html" "Go to World Representation" click T "/EN/tangible.html" "Go to The Tangible" click I "/EN/intangible.html" "Go to The Intangible" click C "/EN/images-of-capitalism.html" "Go to Images of Capitalism" click P "/EN/images-of-the-popular.html" "Go to Images of the Popular" click AN "/EN/images-of-the-ancestors.html" "Go to Images of the Ancestors" click C1 "/EN/the-hanged-man.html" "Go to El Colgado" click C2 "/EN/mr-burns-in-chile.html" "Go to Mr. Burns in Chile" click C3 "/EN/the-bagger.html" "Go to El Empaquetador" click C4 "/EN/face-of-hope.html" "You are here" click C5 "/EN/tragedian.html" "Go to Tragedian"

Rostro Esperanza was commissioned in 2021 by the Corporación Cultural de La Florida during the pandemic and vaccination campaign. The work formed part of a memorial space installed at Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida.

Approximately 925 reused photographic cartridges, arranged in black, gray, and white, compose the smiling face of an older woman. Up close, the image breaks into a grid of discarded objects; from a distance, the modules form a portrait associated with hope, care, and the memory of a collective experience.

Panoramic view of Rostro Esperanza at Estadio Bicentenario — Memorial setting at Estadio Bicentenario.

Front view of Rostro Esperanza — Front view of the installation.

Detail of the face built from cartridges — The portrait emerging from the grid.

Detail of reused photographic cartridges — Material: reused photographic cartridges.

TECHNICAL SHEET

Code: RESP_CAPI_0001
Year: 2021
Type: Two-dimensional composition / installation
Materials: Approximately 925 reused photographic cartridges
Dimensions: 2.5 × 2.0 m
Commission: Corporación Cultural de La Florida
Status: Original destroyed; method and mounting system preserved and reproducible.

CONCEPTUAL READING

The work brings together two forms of memory: the human portrait and the obsolete photographic medium. Cartridges once manufactured to produce images become material pixels, connecting technological waste, public-health crisis, and the need to recompose a shared image.

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