Opening: Tuesday July 4th 5.30 pm
It is common knowledge that the planet is ablaze. The consequences of climate change, capitalism, and the Anthropocene are turning the world into an increasingly inhospitable place. The question of how to continue inhabiting an Earth ravaged by extractivism and inequality still lacks clear answers. For now, Escaping from Planet Earth proposes an exit from above by looking to the sky as a space of imagination and evasion.
This exhibition brings together a group of works that explore the relationship between humans and airspace. Celeste Rojas Mugica presents a ludic approach to the sky based on the resignification of the act of flying kites, a movement guided by desire and the freedom of the wind. A similar gesture is adopted by Graciela Sacco as she hoists a kite in the shape of sacks in her famous urban interferences. Juan Reos appeals to the clouds as distractive elements and turns them into monumental and ephemeral sculptures that seem to foreshadow something indecipherable. Yo-Yo Gonthier also invokes clouds as the protagonists in a video in which a giant cloud is moved by a group of people in an attempt to reflect on the idea of migration and homecoming. In turn, Gabriela Golder films the sky from her house on the days of lockdown and employs artificial intelligence to invent a place beyond confinement.
Escaping from Planet Earth is an invitation to gaze upwards and envisage new worlds, viewing the sky as a realm for potential poetic inspiration.
Francisco Medail
Photo: Yo-Yo Gonthier©
