Community & transformation
Colombia / 2016

Equilibrio de la Naturaleza

A community mural brought youth ambassadors, local participants and artist Boris Arteaga together at a sustainability-focused site.

Equilibrio de la Naturaleza. B. Arteaga, B. Swatez & Community, 2016. Photograph by Benjamin Swatez; dissertation Figure 5.1b. · Select to enlarge.

The creative process

The composition integrated local symbolism and ecological relationships. A sustained field relationship with Boris Arteaga later informed the Colombia doctoral case study.

People & collaboration

Boris Arteaga, Benjamin Swatez, youth ambassadors and community participants.

A continuing conversation

This project belongs to a wider practice of community-authored expression. Its relationship to Artegenesis is explored as part of Benjamin’s developing research, without assuming identical effects across communities.

Explore the research

Source record: Dissertation, Figure 5.1 (2016); updated Master CV.

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