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Q. Another salient piece is a typically Spanish cape hanging from a rope. What does it symbolise?A. It’s a Spanish cape with the Latin inscription larvatus prodeo, a phrase by Descartes that means ‘I come forward masked’. The piece is related to the political environment, to the current process of loss of freedoms in which we are immersed in turmoil. The fact it’s suspended in mid-air from a rope is linked to the idea of manipulation, as if it were a puppet.Q. There is also a collection of stones gathered during recent demonstrations all over the world – a link with the street protests we have seen in your previous works.A. On this occasion I contacted groups all over the world who sent me stones that have actually been thrown during demonstrations. By exhibiting them as if they were museum pieces, I’m making ‘uprising archaeology’. It’s the chronological account of what’s going on, but using symbolsdifferent from those that appear in the media. It’s a project I’m going to keep on adding to.Q. All your work is closely related to the latest topical issues. Is this a duty of artists?A. Yes, we artists need to talk about what’s happening now. I view art as a means of communication, but from a different perspective to what we are accustomed to.Q. What can art do vis-à-vis political power?A. We can’t change the world, but it functions when people think through a work. Art can generate micro actions, change some things. Mass artistic expressions like cinema can trigger a much wider reaction.Q. In another exhibition piece you hang some hockey sticks with titles of dystopic novels written on them. Are we approaching the gloomy future imagined by works of this kind?Interview83Selection of projects