Memba na dangin bourgeois a Barcelona, wanda kakansa da kawunsu suka zana a matsayin abin sha'awa, Santiago Carbonell ya san tun yana yara yana son yin zane.
Lokacin da karamin Santiago ya sanar da wannan ga mahaifinsa, ya sami kyakkyawar amsa: "Idan kuna son zama mai zane, dole ne ku gama makaranta da farko sannan za ku yi fenti, amma ya kamata ku yi hakan don ku rayu."
Na fara aiki a Amurka don yin zane-zane a cikin Miami, amma galibi na yi zane-zane a West Texas, a cikin hamada. Ina son yanayin hamada, ba wai ni mai kyan gani bane amma na gwada shi sosai kuma na ci gaba da zana shi. Gaskiyar ita ce, na sami damar gayyata zuwa Mexico. Na zo na kwana goma sha biyar, wanda ya kai wata uku; Ina tafiya da jakata na sanin ƙasar kuma ina son ta kuma na ƙaunaci juna, domin na ji a gida. Daga karshe na koma Amurka amma ba zan iya zama a wurin ba kuma, sai na kwaso kayana wadanda ba su da yawa, na koma. A cikin Mexico City na sadu da Enrique da Carlos Beraha, masu mallakar wani gidan kayan tarihi masu mahimmanci, waɗanda suka gaya mani cewa suna sha'awar zane-zanen na; Ba ni da wani shiri ko inda zan zauna, kuma kwatsam wani abokina da ba shi da gida a cikin Querétaro ya gaya mini idan ina so in je fentin a wurin, kuma tun daga wannan lokacin na zauna. Na zauna kuma na ji kamar mutane sun karbe ni, kuma na karbi wannan kasar, saboda ina jin rabin Spain da rabin Mexico.
Zane kamar girke-girke ne, anyi shi cikin kauna, cikin kulawa da kuma haƙuri. Ina son zane-zane matsakaici da babba. Ina zane a hankali, yakan dauke ni kamar wata biyu in gama zanen. Na tsara zanen a hankali tun daga farko, nayi tunani game dashi a duk bayanansa kuma kada ku karkace. Ina tunanin yadda abin zai kasance kamar an gama kuma kusan babu wuri don gyare-gyare ko nadama.
Da farko kallo Carbonell shine mai zane na ainihi, wanda tasirin soyayya da zane-zane na karni na sha tara ya rinjayi shi, wanda ke ɗaukar hankali da bayanan da ba zato ba tsammani. Ya koma yin amfani da yadudduka don rufe ko kwance kayan matansa, waɗanda suke da alama suna shawagi a gaban shimfidar ƙasa ta ƙasar Mexico; ga laushin yadi da fata, Santiago yana adawa da taurin duniyar, dutse da tsakuwa, duk an tsara su da laushin haske da ke gab da mutuwa.
Ina matukar son dangantakar sarari da lokaci. Dauke abubuwa daga mahallinsu ka sanya su a mahallin daban-daban don hanzarta fitarwa, don kada mai kallo ya kasance mai wucewa kafin zanen kuma ya nemi fassarar sa ta hanzarta tunani. Ba na son yin hotuna; fiye da zane zane, abin da nake so shi ne zane. Yin zanen a wurina ba dadi bane, ciwo ne. Tabbas, Ina jin daɗin zanen mata fiye da gilashi.
Na kulawa mai taushi da nutsuwa, Santiago ya nuna mana lambun gidansa da kuma nesa Queretaro shimfidar wuri, wanda ke nesa a nesa. A cikin ɗan gajeren aikinsa a matsayin mai zane, Carbonell ya sami yabo da yabo daga masu tarawa. An gabatar da nune-nunen kungiyar ta daidaikun mutane a Mexico, Amurka da Turai, kuma an yi gwanjon wasu ayyukansa a New York. Koyaya, Carbonell yana so ya ɗan dakata don yin tunani da fita daga mahalli na gallery na ɗan lokaci: Ina so in zana kuma in adana zane-zanen nawa, in tattara tarin aikina kuma banji matsin lamba daga masu siye ba.
Source: Nasihu daga Aeroméxico A'a. 18 Querétaro / hunturu 2000
