Llanera (Dugong in Captivity)

Aluminum litho plate, wire, copper.

Set of 4, unique edition.

$1200

Llanera (Dugong in Captivity) stems from Vistan’s interest in llaneras, metal molds for leche flan made from recycled printing plates. Texts and images from the plates’ previous life line these dessert tins. At once a lithograph, a poem and a llanera template, Dugong in Captivity draws paths between foundational images and memories from Vistan’s life and practice: from a scene of a singing sea cow from a Filipino television program to the process of printmaking itself. Llanera (Dugong in Captivity) was made in collaboration with Christian’s father, Edwin Vistan.