Opening: Tuesday September 14th 7pm
This exhibition offers a collective exploration of the significance of celebration within the Bolivian context, drawing connections with the perspectives of foreign artists. It begins with a collection of pieces by artists who champion celebration as a way of inhabiting space with a unique architecture and ecology that emphasize enjoyment and collective revelry. Simultaneously, they recognize that celebrations can be a utopian realm of resistance, but they can also harbor elements of colonization and violence. Here, the crossing of boundaries and the disruption of conventional time coexist with the regularity of cycles, rules, and codes. The memory of Bolivian celebrations has bequeathed practices that evoke a history encompassing resistance, colonization, migration, and projects.
Celebrations have imparted artists lessons about abundance, power, creation, and community—both as a sense of belonging and as an ephemeral construction. Their approach to researching celebrations resembles a laboratory; they are keen on activating an interdisciplinary space for exploration and possibilities. Their goal is to offer a platform for reflection and dialogue, primarily fostering collective experimentation. The ensemble comprises a series of personal proposals rooted in various perspectives and experiences, all with the aim of harmonizing them while acknowledging that there is no singular celebration or one way of celebrating.
Fernando Farina
Image: Christián Alarcón, Brapla, 2023
