The sixth week of features a video by Alex Dolores Salerno: El Dios Acostado (2020), which is available from Tuesday 11 May until Monday 17 May.

El Dios Acostado begins in the town of Vilcabamba in southern Ecuador with a scene of a person resting in a field facing Mandango mountain.
A voice over describes the gentrification in the town as a result of European and [removed] researchers who arrived in the 1970s to study the longevity of the local population. A nearby town, San Pedro de la Bendita, is introduced to the viewer with a peaceful scene of a cemetery, full of love with memories of family.
The video incorporates access as part of its aesthetic and sets the video to a pace of rest. The narration is spoken twice in Spanish and English and each scene features audio and visual descriptions in both languages.
View here.
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Image description: A person rests on the ground in an open field. We see him from behind tall grass. He faces away from us and towards green trees, bushes, and a mountain in the distance with several houses at its base. A power line runs across the field. The sky is bright with white clouds.
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