Huracán

.This is a three-minute video creation in which the artist delves into human needs. In it, he attempts to reflect, in his own words, «how society lives deceived by the world order with its interests or by the misfortunes of natural catastrophes.» He also advocates for art to reduce the coefficient of need to «practically zero.» «A life without fear of loss or with the means to include it in the fable of our existence may be the most powerful weapon to combat disaster.»

«It is not midnight, but the sky darkens as if it were, with that even blanket of clouds preceding the arrival of a hurricane. It is a phenomenon that articulates our logic of need and the order of our priorities.

A life without fear of loss or with the means to include it in the fable of our existence may be the most powerful weapon to combat disaster.»

The video creation features the image of a hurricane seen from space and is accompanied by a powerful sound that can even be heard outside the hall, with Juan Manuel Artero also collaborating. Ampudia explains: «My idea was to put the audience in a situation of risk, because that makes people think differently. It seemed to me that a hurricane represents one of the extreme situations in which people lose control.»

The metaphor with the current situation is obvious, at a time of crisis that is also reflected in art. «I am convinced that if culture is not supported by money, it will end up somewhere else, and that will be detrimental to a society that is gradually being left without ideas, because that is what culture is for: to contribute ideas.»

With this work, he has participated in the Panama Art Biennial.