Diego Moreno

Malign Influences.
It is a graphic intervention project on his family photographic archives. Through the manual use of colored pencils, graphite, India ink, markers, oil or materials such as bleach or vinegar, he intervenes on the photographs as a way to create new realities invented from his obsession and fascination with the anomalous. Inspired by the apocalyptic vision of the catholic church in which he was raised and he served for twelve years as a child.
Diego was raised in a highly religious environment and grew up disturbed by who he was because of his sexual orientation. Growing up in a place filled with violence, his identity was veiled by the prejudices and guilt that religious doctrines bestowed upon him. Throughout his life, the symbol of the monstrous and abnormal was the only image he could empathize with due to rejection.
Malign Influences allow him to build an alternative world without guilt, paying homage to the family album, one of the main fictional artifacts of our lives that generates our identity over time. This project is starred by the beings that inhabit his head, who do not hide or remain silent, they show themselves in all their monstrosity. They speak with multiple voices claiming their difference. Thus, with their ungrammatical language, they refuse to be condemned to silence.