Timea Anita Oravecz's Colombian Journey at Ex Elettrofonica

Timea Anita Oravecz presents a series of works developed after a trip to Colombia at Ex Elettrofonica in Rome. The exhibition reflects on the fall of man, as celebrated by John Milton in Paradise Lost (1667), which in Colombia triggered a complex civil war. The country is now recovering but still plagued by violence and poverty, as shown in three video interviews. A map made with blood and coffee depicts major cities as leaves. Two installations include a wooden ladder leading to a window, revealing Colombian landscapes—a symbol of communication, ascent, and shamanic connection from ancient Hungarian culture, also serving as a door for access or escape. Oravecz, born in Budapest in 1975 and living in Berlin, experienced socialism and reflects it in her poetics, using it to examine economic and cultural processes in different geopolitical contexts. The exhibition was curated by Michele Luca Nero.