GRETHELL RASUA

DUAL


Action / Video Documentation / Customized work 
2:31 min 
© DUAL Varnish-Grethell Rasua
2005Under the La Lisa Bridge in Havana, is El Hueco (The Hole), a peripheral, makeshift neighborhood in precarious condition. To point out and comment on the existence of settlements such as these in Cuba, I worked with residents of one of the houses in this community.  I proposed a way to beautify their homes that could also help mitigate the contamination of the nearby stream. Without a viable waste removal system, the people lived in constant danger of disease. 

Using one of the materials readily available to them - their own excrement - I made a varnish of durable resistance and beautiful color that was applied to the entire exterior of the house.


Label / DUAL Varnish © Grethell Rasúa.
Excrement pigmented varnish / DUAL Varnish © Grethell Rasúa.
El Hueco (The Whole) neighborhood, La Lisa, Havana, Cuba.
El Hueco (The Whole) neighborhood, La Lisa, Havana, Cuba.
Housing in El Hueco (The Hole) neighborhood / La Lisa, Havana, Cuba.
Housing in El Hueco (The Hole) neighborhood / La Lisa, Havana, Cuba.
Material delivery by the resident of the house / The Hole neighborhood, La Lisa, Havana, Cuba.
Material / excrement.
Varnish application / El Hueco (The Whole) neighborhood, La Lisa, Havana, Cuba.
Varnish application / El Hueco (The Whole) neighborhood, La Lisa, Havana, Cuba.

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