O Futuro

Title: O Futuro

Photographer(s): Jeronimo Rivero

Editor(s): Nicolas Pousthomis

Writer(s): Guillerno Folguera, Paula Blois, Carla Wichmann y Iriel Surai Molina

Designer(s): Ayelén Ruiz de Infante

Publisher(s): Sub Editora & Morpugno Ediciones, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Year: 2024

Print run: 500

Language(s): Spanish

Pages: 128

Size: 17 x 24 cm

Binding: Softcover

Edition:

Print: Grafica MPS, Gerli, Argentina

Nation(s) and year(s) of Protest: Paraguay,1982

ISBN:

This project starts from the flooding and disappearance (in 1982) of the waterfalls known as “Saltos del Guairá” in Paraguay and “Sete Quedas” in Brazil, located in the heart of Alto Paraná, due to the construction of the binational Itaipú hydroelectric mega-dam. This event is known among environmentalists as the "ecocide of America" due to its significance in the environmental history of our continent. Nevertheless, this event remains largely unknown to the general population.

A story that explores the Alto Paraná related to the environment, the overexploitation of natural resources, and the forms of resistance proposed by the affected communities.

The disappearance of the waterfalls is reconstructed in the photobook using archives from the now-defunct newspaper "O Estado de Paraná," all from 1982. These journalistic and advertising materials reveal the information circulating in the local media at the time, illustrating how narratives were constructed to prepare the population for the impending ecocide.In contrast to this hegemonic historical narrative, where the construction of a hydroelectric dam justified the disappearance of a unique and invaluable natural site, this project seeks to reconstruct history through a sensitive exercise of memory. It includes the current state of the territory, the perspective of affected populations, and, especially, that of the Indigenous Peoples inhabiting this region.