Quetzal (2001)
Marta Knobloch
MEDIUMS OF EXCHANGE
The Guatemalan unit of currency is the quetzal,
the name of the national bird of Guatemala.
There are 100 centavos in a quetzal.
Bills from 50 centavos to 100 quetzals are printed on colored paper.
C50 brown
Campesinos, dispossessed sons of the Maya
Q1 green
rapacious lianas shrouding the stelae of Tikal
Q5 purple
Candelarias, the Virgin’s tears for starving children
Q10 red
blood-spattered walls of the bombed convent at Chajul
Q20 blue
Women’s faces, hanged with their babes in Rio Negro.
Q50 orange
burning villages; Estancia, Amachel, Chicocon
Q100 black
charred flesh in the bull-dozed graves of San Sebastian.
In most places, the dollar is accepted as payment. Change given in local currency.
Autori: Mirella Bentivoglio e Marta Knobloch
Titolo: QUETZAL
Descrizione: contiene una poesia di Marta Knobloch e un collage di Mirella Bentivoglio. Copertina di Anna Alessi. Poesia tradotta da Franca Zoccoli
Carta: Hahnemühle 230 gr.
Tiratura: 12 esemplari più 2 prove d’artista, numerati e firmati dalle autrici
Dimensioni: cm 32,5 x 24Realizzazione: aprile 2001

