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In October 2019 the country was paralyzed and a content discontent was felt in the streets. Led by the indigenous people, social mobilizations began to gather in the capital to reject the execution of decree 883, imposed as an economic measure by the government, which basically punished the economy of the most popular class. After more than 10 years, the streets heat up again and we find this scene of protest again, together with the replica charged of repression by the State and its control devices.
Among all that chaos, the struggle and resistance are reflected in the faces and elements that set a scenario configured by the social outbreak of the people. Either at night and in the day, the moments of silence allowed us to see how the sensations of effort and loss were mixed with the cold and smoke of a national strike that surprised an entire Ecuadorian people who are no longer used to it.
This first approach started from the "news" coverage that an event like this demands, where the images that most permeate the retina are also a visual explosion that gives you immediate readings, but this time the search focuses on symbolic relationships between elements that make up those moments of tension, which surround the social upheaval of a people and which are generally diluted from a denotative reading of what happened.
Among all that chaos, the struggle and resistance are reflected in the faces and elements that set a scenario configured by the social outbreak of the people. Either at night and in the day, the moments of silence allowed us to see how the sensations of effort and loss were mixed with the cold and smoke of a national strike that surprised an entire Ecuadorian people who are no longer used to it.
This first approach started from the "news" coverage that an event like this demands, where the images that most permeate the retina are also a visual explosion that gives you immediate readings, but this time the search focuses on symbolic relationships between elements that make up those moments of tension, which surround the social upheaval of a people and which are generally diluted from a denotative reading of what happened.
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En octubre del 2019 el país se paralizó y un descontento contenido se hizo sentir en las calles. Lideradas por el pueblo indígena, las movilizaciones sociales empezaron a agolparse en la capital para exigir la derogatoria del decreto 883, impuesto como medida económica por parte del gobierno, que básicamente castigaba a la economía de la clase más popular. Después de más de 10 años se vuelven a calentar las calles y volvemos a encontrarnos con esta escena de reclamo junto con la réplica cargada de represión por parte del Estado y sus dispositivos de control.
En medio de todo el caos, la lucha y la resistencia se van reflejando en los rostros y elementos que van conformando un escenario configurado por el estallido social del pueblo. Tanto en la noche como en el día, los momentos de silencio permitieron ver cómo las sensaciones de esfuerzo y quebranto se iban mezclando con el frío y el humo de un paro nacional que sorprendió a todo un pueblo ecuatoriano que ya no está acostumbrado
Este primer acercamiento partió de la cobertura "noticiosa" que exige un suceso como éste, en donde las imágenes que más calan en la retina son también una explosión visual que te brinda lecturas inmediatas, pero en esta ocasión la búsqueda se centra en relaciones simbólicas entre elementos que componen esos momentos de tensión, los cuales rodean a la conmoción social de un pueblo y que generalmente se diluyen desde una lectura denotativa de lo sucedido.
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