Un sistema para la Ruina
Martín Estrada Márquez
Un sistema para la Ruina

Un sistema para la Ruina (A System for Ruin) is an installation composed of a scale replica of the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building—whose original is located in Washington, DC, USA—modified to give it the appearance of a ruin. The Eccles Building, constructed in the architectural style known as “stripped classicism” or “hungry classicism” (classically influenced but devoid of ornamentation), is the main building of the Federal Reserve System of the United States, housing the institution that largely finances the war industry and the armed conflicts in which the United States participates, directly or indirectly. By projecting its decay into a post-human future, Un sistema para la ruina seeks to weave a connection between the architectural style of the building—styled after the ruins of Greek or Roman temples—and the ruin-generating machine that the building embodies.

Martín Estrada Márquez
Martín Estrada Márquez

Martín Estrada Márquez (Comarca Lagunera, Mexico 1995) has a degree in sociology from the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila. His work focuses on producing narratives that link historical elements with those of speculation and storytelling, utilizing the possibilities offered by archives and fiction. By drawing on ideological reviews of cinema, video games and other cultural products, he addresses themes related to the constant tensions between the United States and Mexico, as well as the frictions resulting from operations carried out by the Global North in the Global South. He has exhibited both individually and collectively in Mexico, Germany, Argentina, the United States and Italy. He was a fellow in the Jóvenes Creadores program by the Sistema de Apoyos a la Creación y Proyectos Culturales (SACPC) and also received support from the Programa de Estímulos a la Creación y Desarrollo Artístico (PECDA).

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