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XIMENA GARRIDO-LECCA (PROYECTO AMIL, LIMA, PERU; CURATED BY FLORENCIA PORTO-CARRERO AND JOEL YOSS)
Living specimens of the coca plant thrived in Garrido-Lecca’s installation Botanical Readings: Erythroxylum coca, 2019, reminding us that the proscribed leaf may have multiple functions and meanings, articulating transversal dialogues between Peruvian vernacular culture and modern science. It is “a project that cannot travel anywhere” (as the artist put it): Since the plant is illegal across most of the globe, it can only be shown in the nation where it is produced—confined as if its mere existence were a crime.
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XIMENA GARRIDO-LECCA (PROYECTO AMIL, LIMA, PERU; CURATED BY FLORENCIA PORTO-CARRERO AND JOEL YOSS)
Living specimens of the coca plant thrived in Garrido-Lecca’s installation Botanical Readings: Erythroxylum coca, 2019, reminding us that the proscribed leaf may have multiple functions and meanings, articulating transversal dialogues between Peruvian vernacular culture and modern science. It is “a project that cannot travel anywhere” (as the artist put it): Since the plant is illegal across most of the globe, it can only be shown in the nation where it is produced—confined as if its mere existence were a crime.
