Written by Rodolfo Andaur

Chilean visual artist Claudia Müller has been immersed in field research through her residency at Kiosko.

As a result of this creative space, she has visited some geographical landmarks in eastern Bolivia such as Espejillos, the Blanco de Urubichá River, the Socorro Suarez Lagoon, the Cachuela Yotaú River, and the Cuevas waterfalls in Samaipata.

Under this scenario, Müller has been tirelessly exploring the various narratives of both hydrographic ecocides, as well as those problems that surround desertification through these landscapes.

On this occasion she presents us with two specific lines of her work. On the one hand, this project contemplates underwater filming in different rivers that come from the Andes, fluvial waters and the Amazon. And on the other hand, it exhibits the relationship of the flow of water inside gutters made with tacuaras collected from a lifeless woody material.

These places of exploration have also been assimilated to the thinking related to the Jichi and the anacondas as guardians of the waters and rivers of countless Amazonian sectors.

In summary, the artist has not only brought about the misfortunes of water fragility, but has also related them to the symbolisms that carry countless towns that today more than ever seek a solution to the endless drought.