Asunción Molinos Gordo
Sin título (Barco Carguero), 2016
Photo: Courtesy the artist, 2016
Collection
Hand-painted wood bulk-carrier ship
70 x 11.7 x 15 cm
CONCEALMENT, FALSE SCARCITY OR FEIGNED SHORTAGES
Wooden bulk carrier painted by hand.
During the World Wars I and II, warships from the British and North American navies adopted the so-called “dazzle camouflage.” Because it’s impossible to adapt optically to the ever-changing context of the open sea, the dazzle designs offered an alternative to invisibility, making it difficult for the enemy to determine the speed, direction, and position of the ship. Today, international waters are still tax-free havens, the perfect place to conceal—only now it’s large amounts of grain, to hide it from the markets, provoking an absence, generating false scarcity and forcing a price hike. When the merchandise reaches the desired price, the ship docks at a port and sells its wares. Inaccurate data on natural catastrophes, the banning of exports, and bad harvests are other strategies to manipulate the price increases. Rumors are an efficient financial instrument.
Born in Aranda de Duero, Burgos, Spain, in 1979. Lives in Spain.
70 x 11.7 x 15 cm
CONCEALMENT, FALSE SCARCITY OR FEIGNED SHORTAGES
Wooden bulk carrier painted by hand.
During the World Wars I and II, warships from the British and North American navies adopted the so-called “dazzle camouflage.” Because it’s impossible to adapt optically to the ever-changing context of the open sea, the dazzle designs offered an alternative to invisibility, making it difficult for the enemy to determine the speed, direction, and position of the ship. Today, international waters are still tax-free havens, the perfect place to conceal—only now it’s large amounts of grain, to hide it from the markets, provoking an absence, generating false scarcity and forcing a price hike. When the merchandise reaches the desired price, the ship docks at a port and sells its wares. Inaccurate data on natural catastrophes, the banning of exports, and bad harvests are other strategies to manipulate the price increases. Rumors are an efficient financial instrument.
Born in Aranda de Duero, Burgos, Spain, in 1979. Lives in Spain.