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bananeras, el caribe, el paisaje y el movimiento, 2024-2025, oingoing research project
Banana production, central to global trade, is marked by deep historical and social tensions. Germany is one of the main consumers, with the Port of Hamburg as a key hub, while Colombia ranks among the major exporters. However, in regions such as the Colombian Caribbean and Magdalena, banana cultivation has been linked to systemic violence, land disputes, and alliances between companies and armed groups—a legacy of the United Fruit Company’s dominance and the 1928 Massacre. This artistic research project aims to investigate the intersection of agricultural production, global trade, and colonialism, exploring how histories of violence and trauma are symbolically inscribed in the landscape. Until now, it has consisted on field documentation and traditional research, emphasizing the role of subjectivity in our relationship to history and examines how methods of representation shape and influence the way we engage with a place. At the core of the analysis is the concept of perceptual contradiction: the tension between what is experienced in a place and what is known or omitted about it, raising the question of how to address violence that is both tangible and intangible, visible yet also invisible. Furthermore, the project explores how alternative forms of knowledge, such as artistic expression, can be integrated into formal historical research. This approach seeks to generate new ways of engaging with violence and trauma, particularly in the context of conflict and post-conflict in Colombia, where processes of justice often rely on oral testimony and are shaped by constructions of “absolute truth” and the very act of speaking the truth.