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The title refers to exhaustion as an essential mechanism for producing wealth through exploited labor and to Phillipedes, a figure from Greek Mythology who specialized in long-distance running races and brought the news of the victory of the Battle of Marathon. When he addressed the magistrates, taking his last breath before dying of exhaustion, he said, “Nenikékamen (νενικήκαμεν)” (Rejoice, for we have won).

Antonio Vega Macotela

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Mexico 1980,  Lives and works between Barcelona, Amsterdam and Oslo.

Antonio Vega Macotela among other Fellowships and residencies has been a fellow Resident of The Rijksakademie Van Beldende Kunsten, the National acaddemy of art in Oslo, and more recently the ETH in Zurich.He has exhibited his work in international venues such as the 23th and 34th Sao Paulo Biennial, the 14th Istanbul Biennial, the Second Triennial of the New Museum in NY, Manifesta 9 in Genk Belgium, Prospect 3 in New Orleans, dOCUMENTA 14 in Kassel, the Center Pompidou Metz and The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles among others.