In the afternoon, the smell of suntan lotion is the smell of leisure, the kind that lays on a sandy beach with nothing to do but chill. But there is no chill. My mind races with virtual possibilities of pleasure, criticality, and moral responsibility. The only acquaintance known is a face on a screen, emoting affection so uncanny that I lay feigning sleep till its time for work. A long commute back and forth and I am back here again in bed. Pupils lit up like dying fireflies when suddenly I remember that at night suntan lotion smells of exhaustion.
Hidrante is pleased to announce its first exhibition, Utopia Is like the Horizon, by Cristina Tufiño and Alex Vo. Collaborating since 2013, Tufiño and Vo’s work draws upon social detritus as a way of exploring the possibilities of intimacy and exchange. Utopia is like the Horizon is their second collaboration in San Juan, Puerto Rico and part of a series of installations using pleasure as an alternative possibility for criticality.
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