Emotional Landscapes:

Medellín

June, 2025

6°14′44.66″ Norte, 75°34′55.92″ Oeste


urban drift log on my last research trip to medellín, colombia.




downtown área images of ghosts that are on the lookout for anything, but what is it? on this video there is a ghost going around town trying to find that something/someone.

the concept of emotional landscapes was thought by my internet friend Fabricio Cortés-Morado; an editorial designer and architect from México D.F.





among other things we usually talked, we have discussed about the relationship of people with their surroundings: the environment, buildings, streets, parks, flowers and rivers.



as part of my current research practices on environmental history, i went on the lookout for the emotional relationship within the people from Medellín, Colombia and their city, the implications for their cultural and political agenda in the past and present.

the answer is beyond words and it’s on the making

canon handycam video format colored using hydra by olivia jack

LATEST IMPRESSIONS


A place inhabited by youth


Youth is proselytizing in contemporary times

Taste is social and can be seen from the facades of houses to shoelaces


The city beats

The earth beats

Hearts are out of sync


Is it possible to create bonds?

Is it possible to be alone?


We are alone among people

We are lonely In the emotional landscape

And we pretend not to be


Are conversations empty?

They are not, we learn from everything


Unlearn from everyone


It is no longer necessary to be accompanied


Company is not enough

It is empty