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.