Antonio Cortés González
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Burundanga (scopolamine - soporific)

Unprimed cotton, oil paint, fringe, silk (2026)


Burundanga (scopolamine - soporific)

Unprimed cotton, oil paint, fringe, silk (2026)


Burundanga (scopolamine - soporific)

Unprimed cotton, oil paint, fringe, silk (2026)


Burundanga (scopolamine - soporific)

Unprimed cotton, oil paint, fringe, silk (2026)



“Burundanga (scopolamine - soporific)” is a nocturnal scene-dream-crime. We can’t tell. A body beneath melts into the branches. Usually a curtain precedes a revelation; here it works the other way. The red fringe and silk make it a domestic-theatrical object. We all become accomplices and spectators. The plant takes the victim’s volition, turning them into an actor without knowing. I first found it at my grandparents’ farmhouse, embedded in myth. Then through my mother’s warnings, and news of people in Colombia succumbing to its warm anaesthetic during robberies. In the UK, the same plant is staged in Victorian conservatories: a trophy stripped of everything it carries.