Long Breath es una serie de dibujo, improvisación y escultura a partir de instrumentos de viento construídos por la artista que hacen visible, en sus pocos centímetros de superficie, los cientos de años vividos por el árbol del cual están hechos. Esta serie de esculturas son activadas por intérpretes invitados que mediante la improvisación de notas prolongadas y la interpretación sonora de dibujos basados en los anillos de crecimiento (vetas), haciendo resonar la historia y eventos climáticos que dejaron marca en el árbol.

With research support from the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research in Tucson, and Dr. Alejandra Quintanar of the UAM-Iztapalapa Laboratory of Wood Technology and Anatomy.

Production support (instrument making): Bruno Monsivais and Enrique Rico (Trinitate Philharmonia, León, Mexico).


Developed with support from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts, Young Creators 2018–2019.

Long Breath (1938-2014)

2019
wind instrument made of rosewood
19.5cm (76 years)

LARGO ALIENTO [LONG BREATH] (PERFORMANCE)

Museo Jumex, Mexico City, MX
2024

LARGO ALIENTO [LONG BREATH] (PERFORMANCE)

Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo (ESPAC), Mexico City, MX
2019
Curated by Ana Torres Valle Pons
Performed by María Diez-Canedo, ESPAC, Mexico City, 2019.

PRESENCIA LÚCIDA [LUCID PRESENCE]

Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo (ESPAC), Mexico City, MX
2019
Curated by Ana Torres Valle Pons
Text by Ana Torres Valle Pons
This project was a curatorial, artistic, and educational experiment that brought together works from the ESPAC Collection and projects by six invited artists—Paola de Anda, Christian Camacho, Sara García, Almudena Lobera, Lorena Mal, and Tania Solomonoff—whose works tend toward transformation, unfold over time, and speak to us about the invisible, that which remains on the tip of the tongue. In Presencia lúcida, themes were explored regarding the relationships between inhabiting, the conventions of the exhibition space, hospitality, and collaboration. The curatorial approach and the learning program explored the exhibition as a duration, a constantly rewritten and transformed construction through forms such as dance, performance, and video art, while also experimenting with non-visual artistic practices that sought to appeal to other senses and untranslatable bodily experiences. The project was also a garden. In contrast to the systematic destruction of the environment that accompanies urban development, the space was transformed into a place featuring medicinal plants and a vegetable garden, as well as areas for rest and interaction. This is a gesture that creates a bubble, an exceptional space for practicing care and connecting with life in times of destruction. An oasis to inhabit hope and cultivate our joy. Through its educational program and a series of public activities, Presencia lúcida [Lucid Presence] conceived the exhibition as a meeting place that facilitates conversation and collective ways of constructing memory.

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