April 21 - 23, 2023
A program of Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá
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April 21 - 23, 2023
A program of Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá
A cultural program of:
The exhibition developed by the artist Tania Candiani and curated by Gabriela Rangel for Fragmentos, Space of Art and Memory, is titled "Demining" and consists of creating an information translation device that proposes to present an inner geography of violence in its most powerful symbolic manifestation: the counter-monument. While Fragmentos' exhibition program has clearly defined an institutional direction from a position located at the antipodes of the white cube, the installation conceived by Candiani highlights this effort by proposing an installation for a contingent, forming, and self-referential space.
Concebido por la artista Doris Salcedo en la ciudad de Bogotá como un contramonumento; Fragmentos, Espacio de Arte y Memoria se presenta simultáneamente como una obra de arte viva, un espacio de exposición artística y un lugar de reflexión sobre las múltiples memorias del conflicto. Al haber invertido el significado habitual del monumento, la artista concibió un espacio que, en vez de exponer una versión épica de la historia de una manera tradicional, propone crear diálogos a partir de las rupturas que el conflicto ha generado, reconociendo las experiencias extremas sufridas por millones de colombianos.
La obra consiste en una construcción cuyo piso se elaboró con 37 toneladas de armas fundidas de las FARC-EP y contó en su creación con la participación de mujeres víctimas de la violencia sexual durante el conflicto armado en Colombia. Este espacio de conmemoración, gratuito y abierto al público, busca dar cabida a diversas lecturas que desde el arte, promuevan diálogos difíciles, provocadores y, por ende, reflexivos. En Fragmentos se busca que generaciones presentes y futuras de artistas exhiban obras de arte que reelaboren las memorias del conflicto y que, a través de ellas, permitan construir una visión colectiva del futuro.
Tania Candiani lives and works in Mexico City. One of the central interests of her work is the expanded idea of translation, extended into the experimental field through the use of visual, auditory, textual, and symbolic languages. Many of her projects consider the universe of sound and the politics of listening as a tool capable of broadening and transforming perceptions, both human and non-human. A fundamental part of her work is related to feminist policies and practices, understanding them as a communal, affective, and ritual experience. Her production often involves interdisciplinary work groups in various fields, consolidating intersections between art, literature, music, architecture, science, and labor, with an emphasis on ancestral knowledge and techniques, technologies, and their history in knowledge production. She is a member of the National System of Art Creators of Mexico; former recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship in the Arts, the Research Fellowship for Artists from the Smithsonian Institution; Artist-in-Residence in the Arts at CERN program, in Geneva, Switzerland. In 2015, she represented Mexico at the 56th Venice Biennale. Her work has been exhibited internationally in museums, institutions, and independent spaces, and is part of important public and private collections.
