How do we understand borders in the context of populist politics and the resurgence of neo-nationalism? Are they contested sites delineated by walls and geographic divisions; the vestiges of Eurocentric projections of power; or iterative spaces of co-creation?
Amplify’s next virtual Alternate Currents panel discussion, Beyond Borders: Thinking In-Between, on Wednesday, July 13th at 7pm CST takes a closer look at the increasingly important role borders play in decolonial discourse as fluid spaces where knowledge is produced, embodied, and circulated. Together, panelists Rosela del Bosque, Daril Fortis, Allegra Hangen, and Enero y Abril will unpack the potential of artistic research to reframe our understanding of exclusionary protectionist thinking and engender a more nuanced understanding of place, its relationship to the body, and the body politic.
Register here. You will receive a confirmation email with a link to join the discussion on Zoom after registering. And don’t forget to visit the Alternate Currents blog page to read up on the panel topic before the discussion.
www.amplifyarts.org/alternate-currents
Alternate Currents opens space for conversation, ideation, and action around national and international discussions in the arts that have a profound impact at the local level. Alternate Currents exists both on- and off-line in the form of a dedicated online resource, conversation series, and working group.
Free and open to all. Alternate Currents programming is presented with support from the Sherwood Foundation.
About the Panelists:
Rosela del Bosque lives and works in Mexicali, Baja California (México). Curator, cultural practitioner and researcher. Her interests focus on the local context and entwine empathy, memory, historical revisionism and reconstructing more-than-human relations in the Colorado river delta landscape. She studied Art History and Curatorial studies at the Universidad de las Américas Puebla. She has completed courses in curatorial practice and contemporary art from Central Saint Martins and the Universitá di Siena. She has collaborated in volunteer programs focused on art education with Museo Jumex and curatorial research with MCASD. She has co-curated projects at La Nana ConArte (Mexico City), with the curatorial collective Base_arriba (Mexicali), Reforma 917 (Puebla) and OnCurating Project Space (Zurich). She is currently an associate curator at Planta Libre (gallery and project space) and pursuing the Master of Advanced Studies in Curating at Zurich University of the Arts.
Daril Fortis is a Tijuana-based curator exploring politics of memory around performance art, archives, and bodies. In 2014, he co-founded the art organization Periférica and served as Program Coordinator until its dissolution in 2019. Since 2017, he has conducted a research project focuses in the history of performance art in Tijuana with the support of PECDA-BC (2017), Patronato de Arte Contemporáneo (2020, 2021), and Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo (2019, 2022). He edited the books “Ecos y resonancias. Primera panorámica de la pintura en Baja California” (2021) and “Archivo Vivo. Primer mapeo de artistas mujeres de Baja California” (2021), both published by La Rumorosa, the Baja California Ministry of Culture’s editorial. He earned a BFA at the Autonomous University of Baja California (2015) and an Archives Management Specialization at the Mexican School of Archives (2021). He is currently an MSc candidate in Sociocultural Studies at the Institute for Cultural Research-Museum, Autonomous University of Baja California, where his research focuses on the participation of women artists in the performance art scene of the late 80ʼs and early 90ʼs in the Tijuana-San Diego border region.
Allegra Hangen is a multidisciplinary artist who works in video installations, photography, found footage, and archives. Hangen’s artwork is concerned with social and cultural issues, usually focusing on the social effects of images and architecture. She has participated in organizing various institutional and independent collaborative projects in the United States and Mexico over the past six years, including community workshops, film festivals, independent curatorial initiatives and arts markets. Her work has been shown in solo shows, group shows, and film festivals in the United States, Mexico, Canada and Argentina.
Enero y Abril is a visual artist from Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico whose work focuses on generating counternarratives that sprout from artistic terrains, dialoguing with different tools like appropriation, collage, oral histories, audiovisual experimentations, and DIY practices. Her practice is strongly tied to collaboration and inclusive practices that often involve underrepresented artists and/or individuals who are normally excluded from the production and reception of art. Her work has been shown in solo and group shows as well as film festivals throughout Latin America. She has facilitated numerous workshops and has helped organize various community projects and events across Mexico.