Hebras líquidas – Threads of Water
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| Admission: Free Admission |
| Which languages: English, German, Portuguese |
| Venue: Ground Floor, Hall 2 |
| Belongs to: Opening Mine. Yours. Ours!?, Agua. The Art and Cosmologies of Water, Nhé’ẽ – Circle Conversations |
Paula Salas, Rosario Montero, and Sebastián Melo of the artist collective Agencia de Borde, together with curator Gabriela Urrutia Da Bove, trace the rivers of Chile from the rain-soaked south to the Atacama Desert. They reflect on how water became a commodity and listen closely to what the rivers themselves have to say.
Nhé’ẽ sind zirkuläre Gespräche, die zum Austausch von Wissen, Erfahrungen und Perspektiven einladen. Der Begriff stammt aus der Sprache der Guarani und bezeichnet unter anderem das Wort, die Stimme und die Sprache, aber auch den Geist.
Participants
Visual artist, researcher, mother, and professor, focused on artistic research projects and community art. Since 2012, she has been a member of the Agencia de Borde collective, producing exhibitions and publications on territory and technology. Since 2013, she has been involved in collaborative mural projects in Santiago.
María/Rosario Montero is a feminist artist-researcher, PhD in Cultural Studies (Goldsmith, UK), MA in Digital Anthropology (UCL, UK) and MA in Visual Arts (U. Chile). Her latest publication is “Una línea Marca el Horizonte: Fotografía Contemporánea del paisaje en Chile” (A Line Marks the Horizon: Contemporary Landscape Photography in Chile). Her research addresses how power structures affect representations/perceptions of nature, landscape, identity and territory.
Gabriela Urrutia Da Bove (Valdivia, 1985) is a curator, researcher, cultural manager, and lecturer at the Institute of Visual Arts of the Austral University of Chile. Her work is situated at the intersection of contemporary art, territory, and ecology, with a particular interest in artistic research practices, situated knowledge, and collaborative methodologies. She researches the relationships between human and more-than-human communities, water and territory, as well as processes of collective creation in southern Chile. She is the director of the FRAGUA artist residency and co-director of Galería Barrios Bajos, a platform dedicated to the creation, research, and dissemination of contemporary art and culture.
Sebastián Melo has directed and produced video and new media work since 2005, MA in Digital Media (Goldsmiths, UK). He currently works based in Santiago, Chile as member of Agencia de Borde exploring the notions of landscape and technology in Chile.