The garbage of civilization and abandoned objects are the material that Donna Conlon works with. She calls her methods "socio-archaeological investigations". One of the things that interests her here is the contradictory social behavior of a throw-away society.
Used drink caps, pieces of rubber and matchboxes are stacked up in the animation video Espectros Urbanos to form the skyline of Panama City. The garbage is hardly to be recognized as such at first glance. With an ironic gesture, the representational architecture of an urban center is newly composed from garbage material.
51st Venice Biennale, 2005

Coexistencia shows leaf-cutter ants in a forest in Panama. Donna Conlon placed peace symbols and small flags of the 191 members of the United Nations, which the ants 'attacked' and carried off just like leaves. The entire action lasted about an hour; the documentary video was edited in such a way that only the flags can still be seen from countries that have been involved in military conflicts in recent history.
51st Venice Biennale, 2005

Donna Conlon, born in Atlanta/USA, lives and works in Ciudas de Panama