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In th
is s
ite-s
peci
fic w
ork,
Asu
nció
n M
olin
os r
efer
ence
s th
e hi
stor
ical
cab
inet
s of
cur
iosi
ties
to e
xplo
re c
urre
nt
met
hods
of f
arm
ing
and
prod
ucin
g fo
od. A
lso
insp
ired
by
the
outs
tand
ing
Agr
icul
tura
l Mus
eum
of C
airo
, the
ar
tist h
as b
orro
wed
the
aest
hetic
of t
his m
useu
m to
fram
e th
e co
ntem
pora
ry d
isco
urse
s ge
nera
ted
arou
nd fo
od
sove
reig
nty,
food
sec
urity
and
the
use
of b
iote
chno
logy
.
The
Wor
ld A
gric
ultu
re M
useu
m (
WA
M) f
eatu
res a
sym
bolic
ar
rang
emen
t of i
mag
es a
nd fi
ctio
ns, r
aw d
ata
and
opin
ions
, myt
hs a
nd tr
uths
in a
n at
tem
pt to
bri
cola
ge
an in
com
plet
e sc
enar
io.
Und
erst
andi
ng th
e m
useu
m a
s a
thea
tre
stag
e, th
e ar
tist
dis
play
s th
e co
ntes
ting
dis
cour
ses
on a
gric
ultu
re,
reve
alin
g th
eir
unju
st p
ositi
ons
and
show
casi
ng th
eir
hege
mon
ic n
arra
tive.
WA
M is
a p
hant
asm
agor
ical
spe
ctru
m o
f thi
s th
ing
on
ce c
alle
d ‘a
gri-
cultu
re’.
Span
ish
artis
t Asu
nció
n M
olin
os w
orks
with
pho
togr
aphy
, vi
deo,
inst
alla
tion
and
othe
r m
edia
to e
xplo
re c
ultu
ral
prac
tices
with
in t
he r
ural
sph
ere.
Her
inte
rest
s ra
nge
from
food
pro
duct
ion,
res
ourc
es m
anag
emen
t and
ex
prop
riat
ion
of t
radi
tion
al k
now
ledg
e, to
folk
lore
, la
bour
tran
sfor
mat
ion
and
livin
g he
rita
ge.
Mol
inos
’ wor
k ha
s bee
n sh
own
wid
ely
in S
pain
at v
enue
s in
clud
ing
the
Cas
a E
ncen
dida
, Pat
io H
erre
rian
o, C
AB
an
d L
a Fá
bric
a. I
n 20
06, s
he r
ecei
ved
a m
aste
r in
C
onte
mpo
rary
Art
The
ory
and
Prac
tice
and
is c
urre
ntly
st
udyi
ng c
ours
es in
Soc
ial a
nd C
ultu
ral A
nthr
opol
ogy.
M
olin
os o
btai
ned
her
B.F
.A. f
rom
Uni
vers
idad
C
ompl
uten
se d
e M
adri
d in
200
3 an
d st
udie
d in
the
U
K fr
om 2
002
to 2
004.
She
is c
urre
ntly
bas
ed in
C
airo
, Egy
pt, w
here
she
dev
elop
ed th
is p
roje
ct w
hils
t un
dert
akin
g a
resi
denc
y at
the
Tow
nhou
se G
alle
ry.
With
than
ks to
Bri
stol
’s M
useu
m’s
Gal
leri
es a
nd A
rchi
ves
Unt
itled
3 ( W
AM
)W
orld
Agr
icu
ltu
re M
use
um
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