Reefocus, 2023

The irreparable damage that we are causing to our oceans with global warming and pollution is visible in the marine habitat’s deterioration, where coral reefs are the most affected ones, especially in the Arabian Gulf, home of several dozen different coral species, most of them highly endangered. Despite the great fforts of a conscious minority, the deterioration continues to advance and destroy the planet on which we live. Vain are the priorities of an unconscious majority, which seems indolent despite the proximity of what they consider indefectible, and which result in a world that is upside down. In this representation of an inverted marine ecosystem, Cordero returns the priority to nature by having to look at it up and not down, where elements collected from the surrounding coasts are presented in a natural raw state and without modifications, accompanied by abstract sculptures that represent those lives lost in the oceans, with the intention of generating environmental awareness, and inviting us to reduce, reuse, and recycle.