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An illustrated postcard. Five white figures resembling people are in various states. From left to right: one lies flat on the ground, the next is bending over at its torso, the third figure is standing with its arms stretched out, the fourth has its arms close to its hips and is beginning to fall backwards, the fifth figure is slouched on the ground with its arms around it. The third, fourth, and fifth figure all have a blue spot below their ribcage area, as if they have been injured and are bleeding out. The background of the postcard is pink at the top; light pink, purple, and blue in the center; and orange on the bottom.
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Sueños oníricos, misivas de resistencia 3

Lorenzo Camcho

These are 13 illustrated postcards with written dreams people had during the pandemic and the social protests in Colombia. The postcards portray the way in which the collective unconscious was affected by violence and scarcity, they also offer alternative ways of approaching the eternal question of what to do against injustice and adversity.

I've been working on dreams for long enough now. To me, they are very important, strange and beautiful artifacts. When a friend, Andrés Torres, invited me to create this collection of dreams during the pandemic and the social protest in Colombia, I couldn't say no. This is but a sliver of the enormous changes that both events have brought to the already complex oniric structure that sets on the Colombian people. It speaks about our fears, our confusion and pain, but also our resilience and hopes: our imagination.