Le Pain Maudit is a short animation from my series Alive, where I reinterpret Bosch’s chaotic universes through my own symbols and signs. This piece animates a scene inspired by the 1951 mass poisoning in France, where 250 people fell victim to ergot-contaminated rye bread. Ergot is a fungus which produces effects akin to LSD, causing hallucinations, burning pain in limbs, muscle weakness, and, in severe cases, gangrene and death.
The chaos in this work is a metaphor for the instability we face today in Argentina—a nation grappling with economic crises and social despair. A country where current reality reveals a pervasive sense of uncertainty, with systemic issues poisoning daily life