{"id":151,"date":"2012-09-04T23:36:18","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T23:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/?p=151"},"modified":"2012-11-06T04:32:09","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T04:32:09","slug":"imagine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/?p=151","title":{"rendered":"Imagine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2012-08-08-a-las-12.42.11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-153\" title=\"Imagine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2012-08-08-a-las-12.42.11-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2012-08-08-a-las-12.42.11-1024x570.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2012-08-08-a-las-12.42.11-300x167.png 300w, http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2012-08-08-a-las-12.42.11.png 1420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-152\" title=\"Imagine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2012-08-08-a-las-12.19.17-1024x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2012-08-08-a-las-12.19.17-1024x500.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2012-08-08-a-las-12.19.17-300x146.png 300w, http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2012-08-08-a-las-12.19.17.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2012-08-08-a-las-13.59.49.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-154\" title=\"Imagine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2012-08-08-a-las-13.59.49-1024x573.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2012-08-08-a-las-13.59.49-1024x573.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2012-08-08-a-las-13.59.49-300x168.png 300w, http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2012-08-08-a-las-13.59.49.png 1412w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3337.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-157\" title=\"Imagine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3337-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"885\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3337-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3337-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3344.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-158\" title=\"Imagine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3344-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"885\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3344-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3344-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3348.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-159\" title=\"Imagine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3348-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"885\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3348-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3348-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3355.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-160\" title=\"Imagine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3355-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"885\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3355-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3355-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3375.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-161\" title=\"Imagine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3375-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3375-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3375-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3378.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-162\" title=\"Imagine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3378-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3378-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3378-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3389.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-163\" title=\"Imagine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3389-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"885\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3389-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3389-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3396.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-164\" title=\"Imagine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3396-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3396-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/192-Reyes-3396-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>(Photos by David Franco for <em>192<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"pedro reyes: imagine - musical performance\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/51739769?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Imagine<\/em> is a set of 50 musical instruments fabricated out of destroyed weapons &#8211; revolvers, shot-guns, machine-guns, etc. This work is a progression of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palasporpistolas.org\"><em>Palas por Pistolas<\/em><\/a> (2008), where 1527 weapons were melted and made into the same number of shovels to plant 1527 trees. In April this year I got a call from the government who had learned about<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palasporpistolas.org\">Palas por Pistolas<\/a><\/em>, they told me a public destruction of weapons was to take place in Ciudad Juarez and asked me if I was interested in keeping the metal, which would otherwise have been buried as usual. I accepted the material but I wanted to do something new this time. 6700 weapons, cut into parts and rendered useless, were given to me and I set out to make them into instruments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A group of 6 musicians worked for 2 weeks shoulder-to-shoulder turning these agents of death into instruments of life. The task was challenging but they succeeded in extracting sounds, from percussion to wind and string. It&#8217;s difficult to explain but the transformation was more than physical. It&#8217;s important to consider that many lives were taken with these weapons; as if a sort of exorcism was taking place the music expelled the demons they held, as well as being a requiem for lives lost.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is also a call to action, since we cannot stop the violence only at the place where the weapons are being used, but also where they are made. There is a disparity between visible and invisible violence. The nearly 80,000 deaths by gun-shot that have occurred in Mexico in the last 6 years, or the school shootings in the US are the visible side of violence. The invisible side is that one of gun trade-shows, neglecting assault rifle bans, and shareholder profit from public companies. This is a large industry of death and suffering for which no cultural rejection is expressed.Guns continue to be depicted as something sexy both in Hollywood and in videogames; there may be actors who won&#8217;t smoke on the screen, but there has not been one who would reject the role of a trigger-happy hero.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the last century there has been organized movements for gay rights, gender and race equality and the environment, yet we still need to express our desire for a world without weapons. Living in a community free of guns ought to be a human right. Many liberties that we enjoy today were once considered utopian, and the first step taken into that direction was to Imagine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pedro Reyes, Imagine, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Alumnos47. Comisi\u00f3n y producci\u00f3n<\/p>\n<p>Jessica Berlanga Taylor. Curadora de Proyecto L\u00edquido para Alumnos47.<\/p>\n<p>Emiliano Garc\u00eda y Marcelo Rangel Valenzuela. Coordinaci\u00f3n de producci\u00f3n<\/p>\n<p>Jazm\u00edn Zepeda. Coordinaci\u00f3n y direcci\u00f3n musical<\/p>\n<p>Omar C\u00f3rdova. Adri\u00e1n L\u00f3pez. Alonso L\u00f3pez. Jos\u00e9 Mena. Leika Mochan. Daniel Zepeda. M\u00fasicos y dise\u00f1adores de instrumentos.<\/p>\n<p>Antonio Garc\u00eda Salinas. Herrero artesano<br \/>\nArturo Quiroz. Herrero artesano<\/p>\n<p><span class='st_facebook' st_title='Imagine' st_url='http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/?p=151' displayText='share'><\/span><span class='st_twitter' st_title='Imagine' st_url='http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/?p=151' displayText='share'><\/span><span class='st_email' st_title='Imagine' st_url='http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/?p=151' displayText='share'><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photos by David Franco for 192) &nbsp; Imagine is a set of 50 musical instruments fabricated out of destroyed weapons &#8211; revolvers, shot-guns, machine-guns, etc. This work is a progression of Palas por Pistolas (2008), where 1527 weapons were melted and made into the same number of shovels to plant 1527 trees. In April this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p><span class='st_facebook' st_title='Imagine' st_url='http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/?p=151' displayText='share'><\/span><span class='st_twitter' st_title='Imagine' st_url='http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/?p=151' displayText='share'><\/span><span class='st_email' st_title='Imagine' st_url='http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/?p=151' displayText='share'><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,1],"tags":[44,53,54,52,41,43,55,40,56,36,35,42],"class_list":["post-151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-imagine-2","category-uncategorized","tag-alumnos","tag-destroyed","tag-drug-war","tag-guns","tag-imagine","tag-instruments","tag-mexico","tag-music","tag-palas-por-pistolas","tag-pedro","tag-reyes","tag-weapons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.pedroreyes.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}