Beatriz Cortez: Trinidad / Joy Station

Exposición / Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) / 5814 Wilshire Boulevard (at Curson) / Los Angeles, California, Estados Unidos
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Cuándo:
27 ene de 2019 - 12 may de 2019

Inauguración:
27 ene de 2019

Organizada por:
Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM)

Artistas participantes:
Beatriz Cortez

       

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Beatriz Cortez: Trinidad / Joy Station

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Descripción de la Exposición

With this presentation, Cortez imagines a space of communal living that is dedicated to multicultural coexistence, the survival of indigenous peoples, and experiences of joy. Imagined as a space station consisting of multiple geodesic structures that can be viewed from outside or experienced as interiors, a living indigenous food garden, and other communal spaces, Cortez envisions a world outside the confines of Western civilization. Beatriz Cortez: Trinidad / Joy Station is on view January 27 through May 12, 2019. Cortez references geodesic dome architecture associated with the post-war utopian community Drop City, built in Trinidad, Colorado during the 1960s, as well as the collective living practices of the ancient Mayan village Joya de Cerén in what is present-day El Salvador. The exhibition acts as record of the trajectory of human civilization, including the devastation of the planet and the celebration of survival. Cortez aims to recycle destructive elements of Western capitalist society to build alternative spaces of coexistence and communalism.

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