Given the incomprehension and sadness that come from seeing how a large number of prickly pears are dying, I started the collective of activist artists: @sos_cochichumbas.
Our mission is to raise awareness of the “chumbera” situation in the Mediterranean. We share how to care against its cochineal plague, and research on the uses of the healthy plant.
In my art project Botanical Memory, I use the dye that I obtain from the insect when cleaning the infected plant.