Diana Sofía Lozano: Under, Cover examines the entanglement of botanical aesthetics and aerial militarization, centering on the fumigation of coca crops in Colombia as an ongoing consequence of US drug war intervention. Video footage of herbicide clouds and teargas confronts viewers at the threshold, while mirrored sculptures featuring UV-printed orchids stage an abortive mirror stage — the flower's idealized image obstructing the viewer's own reflection. Clouds printed on mirrors become permanently reflective of surveillance systems rather than temporary cover from them. What appears natural has been naturalized through colonial observation and control.
