Descripción de la Exposición
Vessels is an installation about migration that explores the idea of human beings as receptacles transporting cultural backgrounds across the world.
Although human beings have migrated extensively along history, migrants have always been considered a minority on seeking of adaptation, and it has been historically understood and accepted, that the figure of the migrant is the one expected to adapt to their new environment.
Today, due to globalization, and many political intentions, adaptation seems to occur, in both directions. Actual societies are trying to adapt themselves to newcomers through the use of language, or other visual expressions. One can now read traffic or food signs in almost three different languages in Madrid, eat Pakistani food in Paris, or listen to Chinese Folk songs being played in the subway of New York City.
The acceleration of these fusions of cultural heritages and ethnicities challenges ideas and concepts like national identities. Those preconceived elements, such as particular customs, and traditions that used to define geopolitical entities, are now being called into question.
The artists, Ignacio Serrano, and Xiao Hua Yang have selected a variety of signs, ads, clothing, alphabets, food, and artistic activities, as some of the most representative visual expression found in different neighborhoods in New York and New Jersey. These animations, are representations of accelerated merged multiculturalism, in which many different traditions coexist in the same shared space. Is in this context, inherited facial features or physical appearance are no longer a factor to define a cultural identity.
Exposición. 16 ene de 2025 - 16 ene de 2026 / Palacio de Cristal / Madrid, España
Formación. 01 oct de 2024 - 04 abr de 2025 / PHotoEspaña / Madrid, España
