Regaderas
(watering cans)
2019
Sculptures
Dimensions variable
REGADERAS (watering cans) is a sculptural series that reinterprets water cannon trucks (popularly known as “botijo” in Spain, “guanaco” in Chile, “ballena” in Venezuela, etc.) deployed by riot police during episodes of civil unrest in order to disperse mass protests and demonstrations.
The project envisages the design and construction of a series of watering cans inspired by different models of water cannons from various countries.
These objects-recipients are made from metal and created by using traditional tinsmithing techniques.
By playfully combining and uniting two disparate objects, for which water constitutes the only nexus, REGADERAS seeks to explore the formal and allegorical possibilities opened up by this transformation.
The artifacts resulting from the hybridisation of these antagonistic elements aim -in an openly humorous attitude and on a symbolic level- to subvert and obliterate the (original) object, as well as the functionality of the water cannon as a device designed to control and suppress the masses.