The Gift and the Retribution consists of photographs of the covers of two books with crossed dedications: “The Goodbyes” by Juan Carlos Onetti (which is dedicated to Idea Vilariño) and “Love Poems” Idea Vilariño (which is dedicated to Juan Carlos Onetti.)  A recurring motif in Cesarco’s work, the dedication is a device for justifying the production of a work to a public. Comissioned for the Uruguay Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale, 2011.