Júrame que no me olvidas, si me olvidas, ellos ganan. | Promise me you won’t forget me, if you forget me, they win.

2018

Copper,  vitreous enamel, graphite, and cotton yarn.

Júrame que no me olvidas, si me olvidas, ellos ganan consists of forty-three memorial badges commemorating students that were detained and disappeared from Ayotzinapa, Mexico in the custody of the police. The badges are enameled and inscribed with the students’ names, then etched, leaving only a trace. As a symbol of the government’s involvement, the official seal of Mexico has been laser engraved on the back of each badge.