A Three-Voice Viewing. Video collections from the Museo CA2M, MAC Panamá and BIENALSUR

Opening: Thursday November 6th, 7 p.m The project is conceived as a dialogue between three collections that operate within different territorial frameworks of the South—the Museo Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo (Museo CA2M) in Móstoles (Madrid), the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Panamá and the MUNTREF Centro de Arte Contemporáneo in Buenos Aires, Km 0 of BIENALSUR—as a way to spark different synergies through the alliance of these institutions. A proposal for collaboration, it is conceived as a joint exercise and an opportunity to observe the intersections and divergences to be found among the works that make up each of the collections. The Museo CA2M presents a video by Cristina Lucas, which alludes to the transformation of borders via the use of colour on different political maps; secondly, the work by Edison Peñafiel takes its name from the term used by the Romans to refer to the Mediterranean, where the sea is presented as the setting for many lives, in relation to travelling and migration. Lastly, Cristina Mejías presents a video in which hands become a mechanism and collective chain to filter the flow of water. For its part, BIENALSUR presents a piece by Bruna Mayer, which is an invitation to reflect on the links between the microcosm, bacteria, fungi, human beings and the stars. The second video is by Matilde Marín, who offers a powerful metaphor for the fragility of our planet in the face of climate change and global instability. Lastly, the work by Sarah Brahim uses a cartography of the desert to evoke themes around the intimacy of existence and the human condition in tension with nature. From the MAC Panamá, the piece by Minia Biabiany is an allegory depicted through the use of traditional utensils, the landscape and the nature of Guadeloupe. The work by Milko Delgado delves into processes of ritualistic exploration, as a way to link their life experience with various social dynamics; and the video by Gabriel Rodríguez Pellecer appropriates and interrogates the myth of modernity as based on the Panama Canal. These nine videos make up a chorus of statements that speak to memory, territory and the landscape, via A Three-Voice Viewing.