The new contemporary art space, Plataforma, opened its doors to the public on Sunday, February 4 with two artistic projects, “Futuro Buried” and the Suro Collection.
The new space for contemporary art, Podium (1246 Vallarta Street, Colonia Americana)And opened its doors to the public Sunday 4 February With two artistic projects, the exhibition “The Buried Future” From the artist Cynthia Gutierrez At the first level and Soro group On the second level of the aforementioned property.
Within the course “Situational awareness of inhabiting the earth”Sponsored by Spanish Augustin Pérez RubioWhich will be responsible for the samples submitted on the platform during 2024, e.g “The Buried Future” For artist Cynthia Gutierrez, it is precisely who she speaks to correspondent About your project.
“There are 20 works that make up this installation, which was made specifically for Plataforma and also of the excessive growth of cities that forces some local cultures to migrate. So, the idea is to make this kind of fantasy, to create a kind of ethnographic or archaeological museum where the land is The main thing is that you find it.
In this sense, there is also clay, which is It can be understood as a constructive or life-generating element, or also a representation of eroded and barren land. “So, in the space (the room) you don't know what time you're in, if things there are from the past, because suddenly you find computer cards, waste of various kinds, like plastics, fibers, textiles, so stop.” It was such an idea of redrawing The past and the obliteration of the future, or the discovery of a future in the past, because as it was projected long ago it can no longer exist.”
Within the exhibition, for example, there are three figures that are rain gods, but they are hybrids of several gods. I take different pictures of Tlaloc or Pitao Cosigo, for example, and with the help of artificial intelligence and adding from many pictures and descriptions, more are presented, and from here I make other interpretations. These pieces are made of clay and a drop of water constantly falls on them, which also causes the metal in which they are placed to corrode and rust.“This rust will dirty the white base and it will go back to the ground somehow.”
Cynthia admits that in her work she is very interested in breaking boundaries. “He talked, for example, about how things are validated when they're inside a museum on an elegant white plinth, and he also talked about these elements that modernism uses to deal with these objects that belong to another context and have another history.” “Buried Future” will be open to the public through May.
Between coincidence and difference
On the other hand, Soro Group offers… “Coincidences and differences”. He explains that many contemporary artists passed through the Ceramica Soro factory in Tlaquepaque (founded in 1951), leaving behind embodied flashes of creativity and desire. “Based on traditional ceramic techniques, these pieces emerge from the coordinates of unique subjectivities. However, when brought together in dialogue, they emerge a subtle aura of connection and intertwining.
Thus, “Convergence/Divergence” invites us to discover a visual language developed by a group of conceptually heterogeneous artists, who transform the supposed abyss into a mythical landscape. The artists present in this exhibition are: Renata Petersen, Erika Verzotti. Ghada Amer, Geletin, Allie Laviada, Cristobal Gracia and Olaf Brüning. There are currently 20 pieces on display, but works will be shown approximately every four months.
Jose Noe SoroThe owner of the group with his wife Marcela PreciadoThey support emerging artists, so the pieces now concentrated in the gallery are very different from each other, each with its own context.
A growing project
Nydia ElorriagaProject leader involving the platform, He highlights that one of the important points of this forum is that all people can enjoy a space with different artists that will constantly change. “People respond very well and come in, this is their space and their home.”
He also reiterates that Platform's intention is to attract artists from the Republic of Mexico, “and at some point intervene with some artists from other countries to enrich ourselves and bring a little art to the city.”
In the place where Plataforma is located today there was a funeral home. “It was all dark (for the purpose of) viewing, but when the front part which was pure crosses was removed, an impressive light came in and we discovered it was where we wanted it.” “He is the master of this architectural intervention and he did it very well, everything that could be salvaged from the building,” recalls Sergio Ortiz.
Now that the Plataforma platform is already up and running, “very interesting projects will come,” he concludes, highlighting that other artists from Guadalajara will participate through a council where they will transmit other ideas so that more artists and other galleries can participate. Owners arrive. “This is a space for everyone.”
Tables: From Wednesday to Sunday from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm admission is free.
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