Inspired by the 18th-century Spanish painter Francisco de Goya’s series of illustrations “The Disasters of War,” “The Diary of Nameless Things” is a drawing project that seeks to challenge the use of war images produced by devices such as combat drones, sniper scopes, and bomber cameras. These images are often employed as propaganda, violence pornography, or entertainment on social media, where their use trivializes human pain and suffering in exchange for viral attention.
 While the images I recreate in my drawings are derived from these sources, I am not attempting to express political or patriotic alignment. Instead, I seek to explore how horror becomes blurred and indistinct, much like the low-resolution images produced by military technology. There are no heroic moments here—only anonymous victims. Although these figures are unrecognizable due to their lack of definition, they paradoxically represent the collective humanity we all share.

Antonio Vega Macotela (1979, Mexico City).
My work is based on research and is often carried out through long-term processes in dialogue with specific communities, where notions of economics such as labor, energy, value, and exchange are explored. The exhibitions I have participated in include: "Though it's dark, still, I sing," 34th São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, 2021; "You and I don't live on the same planet," 29th São Paulo Biennial, 2009; "The Ungovernables," Third New Museum Triennial, New York; 12th Taipei Biennial, Taipei, 2020; #TodosSomosHonolulu, LABOR, Mexico City, 2020; Hammer Museum's "Stories of everyone," 2018, Los Angeles, California; dOCUMENTA 14, Kassel, 2017; Manifesta 9, Genk, Belgium; "Toi et Moi," Pompidou-Metz Museum, to mention a few.