El Buen Vecino
SALTS, Basel
4 April - 25 May, 2015
El Buen Vecino returns to the theme of the Good Neighbor policy—first referenced by Calero in La Perla del Caribe —as a seminal sociohistorical factor in the international perception of Latin Americans. In the context of her large-scale architectural intervention at SALTS, referencing the policy and its repercussions implied a multi-layered approach: a façade of peaceful coexistence, with the inherent complexities of a policy intent on manufacturing cultural stereotypes for its own economic benefit bubbling under the surface.
Photos by Gunnar Meier
