Constanza Macras
The Hunger explores excess. Inspired by the historical events fictionalized in the novel *The Stranger Witness* by Argentinian writer Juan José Saer, The Hunger follows the experiences of European colonizers in the Rio de la Plata region of South America at the beginning of the 16th century.
An indigenous group attacks Spanish colonizers in what is now northern Argentina. There is only one survivor, who integrates into the tribal society of the Colastiné. Much later, he is freed by the Spanish and witnesses, reflects on, and recalls his experiences.
In The Hunger, cannibalistic rituals are transferred to other forms of greed: from colonialism to the consumer frenzy of contemporary capitalism to the hyperproduction of an endless now on social media. Cyclical and collective rituals are intended to help maintain a fragile sense of reality, a kind of "normality" with its own social conventions and rules.
“The transformation of taboo into a totem” resonates in new forms of boundary shifts, while our own intimacy is swallowed up by the representational logics of the digital world. Does reality only exist when someone observes it?
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