Video Mundi Program 2 Tuesday, April 20 8:00pm at the Chicago Cultural
Center Approaching the discourses that video images have been generating within the practice of contemporary Mexican art, "Neither Here Nor There" includes works that explore the possibilities of video as a medium, and concepts that are representative of artistic practice in the country. In response to curatorial mega-narratives that have been constructed in the last few years regarding Mexico, and its capital Mexico City, "Neither Here Nor There" reroutes our attention to micro-narratives. These micro-narratives question artistic activity and its relation to the institutional circuit while considering the role the artist has sought within the field. This focus directs our gaze at the subtle treatment of objects, space and time that these works poetically construct. Also addressing other urban perspectives, "Neither Here Nor There" explores the possible links that are woven between the different regions of the country while also considering the significant production that Mexican artists are creating abroad, outside of the geographic context and with an acuteness influenced by the problematic cultures of Mexico, especially in relation to global culture and institutions. Jonathan Hernandez Ruben Gutierrez Fernando Ortega Jonathan Hernandez |
Torolab Ruido Teresa Margolles Claudia Fernandez Damian Ortega Miguel Angel Ivan Edeza Francis Alys Thanks to: Priamo Lozada (b. Dominican Republic, 1962) is a curator specializing in media art. As curator at the Laboratorio Arte Alameda in Mexico City, he has organized expositions of various artists including Mona Hatoum, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Melanie Smith, Thomas Glassford, Claudia Fernandez and Gerardo Suter. He has curated programs at international media arts festivales such as Videobrasil (Sao Paulo), Mediaterra (Athens), and Videoformes (France). Taiyana Pimentel (Mexican, b. Havana, 1967) is an independent curator of contemporary art. Her latest projects include: "Espectacular", 2003, (parallel to the Feria de Arte Contemporaneo de Mexico) and "Mexico: Sensitive Negotiations" (parallel to Art Basel Miami 2002). As curator of the Museo Rufino Tamayo between 1999 and 2001 she organized "Sala 7. Proyectos Contemporaneos" which exhibited the works of artists such as Minerva Cuevas, Miguel Calderon, Santiago Sierra, Javier Tellez, Rozana Palazyan, Quisqueya Enriquez y Ernesto Pujol. |