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SYMBIOSIS IS AN INTERACTION BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT ORGANISMS, IN WHICH THEY ARE EITHER BENEFITED OR HARMED AT A VITAL LEVEL THANKS TO ONE ANOTHER. THE SECOND CASE IS CALLED PARASITISM;
THIS PROJECT USES THE DECADES-LONG CONFLICT IN COLOMBIA WITH LAS FARC AS A REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE OF PARASITISM, WHERE ONE GROUP THRIVED WHILE CAUSING IMMENSE HARM TO ANOTHER. IT HIGHLIGHTS THE DEVASTATING
IMPACT OF VIOLENCE, DISPLACEMENT, AND LOSS, FRAMING THE CONFLICT AS AN UNBALANCED RELATIONSHIP THAT LEFT MILLIONS OF VICTIMS. IT HIGHLIGHTS THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF FRAGMENTATION, AS COMMUNITIES WERE TORN
APART, AND DISRUPTION, AS VIOLENCE SHATTERED LIVES. THROUGH OPPRESSION, INNOCENT PEOPLE WERE SILENCED AND FORCED INTO EXILE, WHILE RECONFIGURATION BECAME A NECESSITY FOR SURVIVORS TRYING TO REBUILD AMIDST
THE RUINS. THE CONFLICT IS FRAMED
IMPACT OF VIOLENCE, DISPLACEMENT, AND LOSS, FRAMING THE CONFLICT AS AN UNBALANCED RELATIONSHIP THAT LEFT MILLIONS OF VICTIMS. IT HIGHLIGHTS THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF FRAGMENTATION, AS COMMUNITIES WERE TORN
APART, AND DISRUPTION, AS VIOLENCE SHATTERED LIVES. THROUGH OPPRESSION, INNOCENT PEOPLE WERE SILENCED AND FORCED INTO EXILE, WHILE RECONFIGURATION BECAME A NECESSITY FOR SURVIVORS TRYING TO REBUILD AMIDST
THE RUINS. THE CONFLICT IS FRAMED
OSCAR MURILLO : HIS ARTWORKS ARE INSPIRED BY LATIN AMERICAN VIOLENCE CAUSED BY POLITICAL ISSUES. BURNT CHURCH, RESTORATION OF ITS REMAINS
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