Opening September 23th
The exhibition Migrations is made up of interactive pieces, social VR rooms, video art and new media works that explore the complexity of the migratory phenomena of the individuals that coexist on the planet. The exhibition focuses on renowned artists from the Colombian and Central American Caribbean, while proposing the analysis of migration as the basis for the study of those links and interdependencies, where we can stop to deepen our understanding of the current situation of the contemporary world. The extension of the economic system and the insertion of its logics in all aspects of current affairs have generated a strong correlation between economic movements and displacements on our planet. How can we understand the advance of industrial capitalism without taking into account the history of planting and the movements of plant species? What are the effects of the simplification of conceiving human and non-human animals as globally movable commodities? What are the effects of climate change on contemporary and future migrations? The complex relational networks that are woven by migration and by forced displacement challenge all the traditional categories of kinship, which should not be associated with genealogical relationships but rather with the possibility of reaching agreements on the ties and connecting lines that link us to other beings and to the Earth. What responsibilities confront us when thinking about a future based on coexistence? What relationships and paradigm shifts do we need in order to strengthen these alliances? How complex are the relationships established by migration with other beings and with the environment? The works in this exhibition address symbolic, cultural, terrestrial, biological and personal migratory movements. Most of these works were commissioned to the artists during the pandemic. The creation process was based on transdisciplinary working alliances between the artists and Atractor, a creative studio in which artists, technologists and thinkers are engaged in the task of reflecting on the subversive possibilities of new technologies. We hope to unveil the complexity of migratory movements in contrast to the simplifications currently limiting the understanding of our relational networks, while increasingly dividing and endangering the diversity of the beings that coexist on our planet.
