During a trip to the Gaspé Peninsula, in Quebec, in the months following D-Day 1944, while Allied
troops were liberating occupied Europe, André Breton wrote Arcane 17.

Inspired by the hope for a better world, he turned to the image of the Arcanum as a central
metaphor to reflect on love and love of the world. A metaphor to reflect on love and loss,
aggression, war, pacifism, love and the occult. In this work, the father of surrealism intertwines
these themes with a narrative that is at once poetry, reality and dream at the same time.

Thus, the 17th Arcanum of the Tarot, The Star, represents an archetype of hope, renewal and
spiritual connection. It evokes a profound relationship with the cosmos and the essence of life. This
card embodies a moment of clarity and revelation, where illusions dissipate and truth emerges.

Carl Jung, the influential Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist, also studied the symbolism of the
Tarot, seeing in its arcana representations of aspects of the collective unconscious and
psychological archetypes. For Jung, the Star symbolized a call to emotional healing and the search
for balance, suggesting that, by looking towards our aspirations and dreams, we can move forward
in the process of individuation.

The image of the naked woman pouring water into a pond and into the earth symbolizes
abundance and fertility, reminding us that by nurturing both the inner and outer worlds, we find
balance. This image, equivalent to Mother Nature, is accompanied by eight stars, and their
sparkles assure us of a better future, inviting us to leave the past behind and reminding us that we
are stardust. Each star reminds us that, even in the darkness, there is light and guidance. This card
encourages us to trust that the universe conspires in our favor.

Today, in a world that burns, where children are dying, cities are falling, more than 80 million
people are living in mass exoduses without people live in mass homeless exoduses and the specter
of war looms constantly, that star is indispensable for finding new universes. It reflects the ability
to find guidance and clarity in difficult times. In the light of The Star, I decided to summon the
artists who are participating in this exhibition, since in their works I found synchronicities, and
connections with the Arcane 17. In the same way, the exploration of their dream worlds is situated
on the border between reality and the unconscious, ideas that allow for the unconscious to
embrace the star as a dialogue between dreams and realities, where art can create realities, where
art can create primordial, symbolic, hopeful alternatives, and where actions are conjugated.

They participating artists are: Beatriz Eugenia Díaz, Beatriz Grau, Camilo Calderón Sánchez, Carlos
Mery, Ángel Alfaro, Diego Mazuera, Gabriel Silva, Guillermo Londoño, Liliana Durán, Luz Helena
Caballero, Miguel Winograd, Natalia Mejía, Olga Huyke, Olga Lucía García, Santiago Vanegas,
Snyder Moreno Martín, and Vicenta Gómez. and Vicenta Gómez.

María Elvira Ardila
Curadora