“Stones Above Diamonds” — Ignacio Gatica

t Ignacio Gatica’s “Stones Above Diamonds,” a thin aluminum display shelf borders the gallery walls; on it rests a straight line of custom-printed smart cards bearing images of barricaded storefronts. The display is bifurcated by a pole-mounted monitor installed in the centre of the space. On the left side of the monitor, the smart cards are printed with photos of Chilean banks—their facades sheathed in plywood or metal hoardings—taken during the civil protests of late 2019. The cards to the right of the monitor are printed. In New York, a G-Star RAW is spray-painted with . Common to both image archives is the implication of a phantom public of rioters and looters, anticipated and yet out of frame.