Ice plays an important role in the planet’s ecosystems, and like any precious natural resource, it has been historically economized. In this artwork, the artist recycles the material used by Juan Ushca, son-in-law of Baltazar Ushca, considered the “last ice merchant of Chimborazo,” to wrap the ice blocks and reinterprets it in an act that pays homage to this tradition and century-long effort. Once again, the visible and the invisible are played with. The bale made of natural straw contains a series of PCBs inside, from which their copper has not yet been recovered. As for the other bale, made to simulate the original technique used by the ice merchants but using copper wire, the artist has inserted a signed 5-dollar bill, the current selling price of these ice blocks.