The state of things brings together two installations by José Ruiz that emerge from waste. The first, titled The great days are yet to come , is conceived as an archive of political advertising from the Western Hemisphere that must be updated until the end of democracy.

The material collected by the artist includes posters, calendars, flags, billboards, caps, t-shirts, pamphlets, newspapers, books, keychains, and all kinds of printed material related to electoral activity since the 1950s. In the installation, campaign promises are repeated by candidates from opposing political currents; all promise change, progress, jobs, peace, and social investment.

In retrospect, many of these promises were not kept. The first installation is a reading of "The State," and the second corresponds to "Things," a collection of household objects represented in the boxes that store them. This installation is conceived as an archive of novelties that must be updated until the end of capitalism.