Victoria 2013
Installation: sculptures, objects and silkscreens
Project based on Arco de la Victoria de Madrid link
VICTORIA is a sculptural intervention that questions how monumental symbols construct and reinforce official narratives of power. Starting from the Arc de Triomphe of Madrid -erected by Franco’s regime to commemorate a military victory during the Spanish Civil War- this work problematizes the function of authoritarian architecture as an instrument of legitimization and symbolic control.

The project reduces the monument to a human scale, transforming the triumphant chariot into exhausted horses and depicting Minerva, the goddess of war, in a vulnerable and downcast attitude. The closure of the arch with a metal shutter nullifies its commemorative function and proposes a symbolic closure of the singular and exclusionary narrative imposed by the regime.

Made of concrete and surrounded by dry leaves, the piece reflects on the permanence and decay of official discourses, inviting to deactivate their mechanisms and open a space for critical, plural, and reflective memory.

VICTORIA does not aim to erase history but to disarm its power devices to foster a contemporary and democratic relationship with the past, where memory becomes an open ground for discussion and social transformation.