Our biennial includes programs often known as public and pedagogic. By means of workshops, conversations, project presentations, conferences and other formats, we underline varying forms and levels for approaches to contemporary artistic practices. Their configurations propose routes over multiple, irregular terrains that may spur us to change our perspectives. They also contemplate intersections between areas and voices the biennial has convoked, largely active in Guanajuato and the surrounding Bajío region.
23.May.2024, 12:00
Fuera de campo
In this event, participants in the “Off-Screen” lab will interact with the exhibition space as if it were their own rooms, performing different actions. Using objects and recordings of the space, they’ll create new meanings and scenic possibilities for the audience. Echoes, live subtitles, repetitions, sound superimpositions, and other compositions give way to the ever-changing, fragmented product of this improvisational act in conversation with the narrative possibilities of what’s on-screen.
Duration: 2 hours
In memory of Alan Olivares (†)
Direction: Arrogante Albino
Performers: Amiyatzín Murrieta, Cravioto, Danna Sánchez, Jorge Flores ‘Templa’, Leslie Huichapa, Nayely Espinosa, Paula Reyes-Pérez
Video actors: Alan Olivares (†), Alejandro Mendicuti, Carolina Vázquez-Chau, Darío Millán Mejía, Elizabeth Tapia, Emiliano González, Jesús Estrada Escobedo, Héctor Jiménez Castillo, Ilián A. Mejía Amezcua, Natalia Martínez Mejía, Ruth Ramos
Participantes:
Arrogante Albino24.May.2024, 12:15
Al cuerpo que se vierte, que palpita, que canta
This performance explores the connection between sound and healing, using vibration to immerse people in a sacred space where sound becomes a tangible experience. Within the space, a group of dancers will invoke memories of lullabies using tones and frequencies that come to life in a ritual of movement, words, and bodily connection.
Duration: 10 minutos
Participantes:
Tahanny Lee Betancourt24.May.2024, 17:30
Own voice: una escucha profunda a la voz humana
This is an event with the artist Ana Paula Santana in the presentation space of Own Voice: Listening Deeply to the Human Voice. The artist invites us to explore the perception of one’s voice through a closed-circuit sound interview. This is an exercise in deep listening and corporality deriving from long-term research.
Duration: 2 hours
Participantes:
Ana Paula Santana24.May.2024, 18:00
Escuela de envejecer
This event features the artist and local School of Aging collaborators. The School of Aging is a long-term project: a reflection on old age and obfuscated knowledge and desires—specifically those of women and cultural outsiders.
Duración: 40 minutos
Participantes:
Ana Gallardo25.May.2024, 11:00
Primera apertura de la Colección Cuir de Hause Infonavit
The Grand Opening of the Infonavit Cuir de Hause Collection documents the artistic practices of trans, non-binary, allied, and LGBTQ+ friends who have lived in or come through the house until 2024. This tour is a testimony of the explorations of those who’ve inhabited it and an invitation to continue conversation, resistance, and allyship–imagining new possibilities. FaustE Gracia will give an inaugural performance.
25.May.2024, 11:00
Own voice: una escucha profunda a la voz humana
This is an event with the artist Ana Paula Santana in the presentation space of Own Voice: Listening Deeply to the Human Voice. The artist invites us to explore the perception of one’s voice through a closed-circuit sound interview. This is an exercise in deep listening and corporality deriving from long-term research.
Duration: 2 hours
Participantes:
Ana Paula Santana25.May.2024, 11:00
Fuera de campo
In this event, participants in the “Off-Screen” lab will interact with the exhibition space as if it were their own rooms, performing different actions. Using objects and recordings of the space, they’ll create new meanings and scenic possibilities for the audience. Echoes, live subtitles, repetitions, sound superimpositions, and other compositions give way to the ever-changing, fragmented product of this improvisational act in conversation with the narrative possibilities of what’s on-screen.
Duration: 2 hours
In memory of Alan Olivares (†)
Direction: Arrogante Albino
Performers: Amiyatzín Murrieta, Cravioto, Danna Sánchez, Jorge Flores ‘Templa’, Leslie Huichapa, Nayely Espinosa, Paula Reyes-Pérez
Video actors: Alan Olivares (†), Alejandro Mendicuti, Carolina Vázquez-Chau, Darío Millán Mejía, Elizabeth Tapia, Emiliano González, Jesús Estrada Escobedo, Héctor Jiménez Castillo, Ilián A. Mejía Amezcua, Natalia Martínez Mejía, Ruth Ramos
Participantes:
Arrogante Albino25.May.2024, 12:00
Escuela de envejecer
This event features the artist and local School of Aging collaborators. The School of Aging is a long-term project: a reflection on old age and obfuscated knowledge and desires—specifically those of women and cultural outsiders.
Duration: 40 minutes
Participantes:
Ana Gallardo25.May.2024, 12:30
Al cuerpo que se vierte, que palpita, que canta
This performance explores the connection between sound and healing, using vibration to immerse people in a sacred space where sound becomes a tangible experience. Within the space, a group of dancers will invoke memories of lullabies using tones and frequencies that come to life in a ritual of movement, words, and bodily connection.
Duration: 10 minutos
Participantes:
Tahanny Lee Betancourt25.May.2024, 15:30
12 de enero: retrato con Lupita
During this event, the artist will take photographic portraits on a set that honors the January 12th traditions in León: a festival around San Juan Diego popularly known as “Día de los Indios”. Tuxamee aims to give new meaning to the tradition by taking portraits and “undoing” costumes-–however the participants see fit.
Duration: 2 horas
Participantes:
Tuxameebienal