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Diaspora Dialogues: Archiving the Familiar – Opening Reception, Oct 4 @ SUR Gallery, Toronto
I am really excited to participate Diaspora Dialogues: Archiving the Familiar, featuring my work along with Amanda Gutiérrez, Cecilia Araneda, Soledad Fátima Muñoz, and Rosalina Libertad Cerritos, curated by Sarah Shamash and Tamara Toledo. Diaspora Dialogues: Archiving the Familiar features contemporary artworks by five women artists from the Latin American diaspora that apply a variety of…
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Latinx-Canadian Visual and Media Arts as Decolonial Efforts: Mapping and Questioning Initiatives Across Canada
Who said there is no Latin/Latinx art in Canada? Yesterday, I had the pleasure to chair an amazing discussion on Latin/Latinx Art in Canada with four amazing scholars of Latin/x- Canadian Art, Analays Alvarez, Zaira Zarza, Tamara Toledo and Sarah Shamash at UAAC/AAUC 2022 Stay tuned for our upcoming book on the topic! Here is…
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Acá Nada/ Acá Elsewhere screened in Your Kontinent Digital Carnival
We are excited that curator Wayne Palmer selected Acá Nada/Acá Elsewhere to be part of this year “Your Kontinent Digital Carnival” as part of Richmond World Festival. Join us on September 1 & 2, 2017. http://www.richmondworldfestival.com/things-to-do/your-kontinent-digital-carnival/
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New Media Caucus Sponsored panel | CAA 2018, Los Angeles, February 21-24, 2018
Immersive technologies have a long history. As Oliver Grau puts it our current desire for immersive experiences did not make its first appearance with the invention of computer-aided virtual realities (Grau, 2014). Following Grau’s seminal study on virtual art, significant advances in the history of immersive technology have led to a broader understanding of our…
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Media-N special edition on Mestizo Technology: Art, Design and Technoscience in Latin America
Check out the recent publication on the video work of video artists Pola Weiss and Sonia Andrade in the special edition of Media-N the Journal of the New Media Caucus co-authored by Gabriela Aceves Sepúlveda and Sarah Shamash. Mestizo Technology: Art, Design, and Technoscience in Latin America mrñ, 2007, robotic urban parasite from the series…
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VLAFF Vancouver Latin American Film Festival
Excited about the screening of “Acá Nada/ Acá Elsewhere,”a short film portrait of the aka artist collective. Founded by Manuel Piña, a Vancouver-based Cuban artist and university professor, the collective started as a group of contemporary Latin American artists living in Vancouver. Sat-Sept, 3, 2016 | 5:30 PM | The Cinematheque http://vlaff.org/aca-nada-aca-elsewhere
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ThirstDays No. 3- Harbour/Haven
Excited and honored to particiapte in Thristdays No. 3 Curated by Denise Ryner + Tonel along with my dear friends and colleagues from the aka collective: Sarah Shamash + Osvaldo Ramírez Castillo, Pia Massie, Retazos, Alessandra Santos + Steve DiPaola, Josema Zamorano + Eleanor Hendriks + Manuel Piña-Baldoquín. http://thirstdays.vivomediaarts.com/page/2