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title: "Under Pressure"
summary: "Under Pressure. Página institucional de Amaranto Museo Virtual de Derecho Constitucional en la Universidad Externado de Colombia. Photo credits: Fernando Grisalez Click on the image to enlarge This is an iron pipe commonly used in hydraulic installations, closely resembling the barrel through which a projectile passes in a firearm."
description: "Photo credits: Fernando Grisalez Click on the image to enlarge This is an iron pipe commonly used in hydraulic installations, closely resembling the barrel through which a projectile passes in a firearm."
url: "https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/4-democracia/bajo-presion/"
type: "page"
language: "en-US"
site: "Universidad Externado de Colombia"
section: "Amaranto Museo Virtual de Derecho Constitucional"
updated: "2026-06-12T09:42:02-05:00"
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Publicado: 4 of October of 2021

# Under Pressure

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[Gallery 4. Democracy](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/4-democracia/)

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**Photo credits: Fernando Grisalez**  
Click on the image to enlarge

#### Fernando Grisalez Blanco

2008- 2012  
Recording  
5:01 minutes

This is an iron pipe commonly used in hydraulic installations, closely resembling the barrel through which a projectile passes in a firearm. The artist reflects on the everyday nature of war through common objects, analysing their shape, sound, and movement. Under Pressure alludes to the constant siege endured by a society victimised by armed conflict and offers a metaphor for the daily fear experienced by people in public and private spaces. The work contemplates the disruptive routines that hinder free movement within the territory, a right protected under Article 24 of the Political Constitution.

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#### See

[About the Artist](https://vimeo.com/user26738741)

[Arte y conflicto armado](https://issuu.com/derechoarteycultura/docs/catalogo-desenterrar-y-hablar-sept-)

[Sentencia C-082 de 2018. Código de Policía](https://www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/relatoria/2018/C-082-18.htm)

[Memoria del conflicto armado](https://www.centrodememoriahistorica.gov.co/descargas/informes2013/bastaYa/resumen-ejecutivo-basta-ya.pdf)

[Return to room 4. Democracy](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/4-democracia/)

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