Open Studio

El Sur invite you next Saturday, January 8, to visit the studios of their residents Carolina Van Waeyenberge, Lauren Klotzman and Mari Shibuya, who will talk about their work on a guided tour.

Carolina Van Waeyenberge (Mexico City, Mexico.) Digital art, smells and movement coexist in her work (such as multisensory installations or choreographies based on perfumes instead of music). Her projects have been exhibited at the "Museo del Perfume", "Taller-Estudio Barragán", "Théâtre de la Ville de Paris" (Danse Élargie International Festival), Chopo Museum, among others. She seeks to make sense of the immensity of stimuli by creating encompassing spaces to allow herself to feel calmly.

Lauren Klotzman is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and curator based in Marfa, Texas. Their recent work examines gendered histories of computing and the nature of the screen via textile production and lensless video techniques. Klotzman has a BA in Art and Visual Culture from Sarah Lawrence, and is currently pursuing an MFA in Film/Video at Bard College’s Milton Avery School of the Arts. 

Mari Shibuya (they/she) (Duwamish / Coast Salish territory / Seattle WA) is a Visual and Social Artist specializing in murals, community visioning through the arts, and scribing. Their work focuses on the intersection of public art activation, visual thinking and creative empowerment while inviting in the spirit of collaboration and connection.

The curators Mariel Vela and Paty Siller will also join as special guests.

Mariel Vela (1991) has a master's degree in Art History with a specialty in Contemporary Art from UNAM. Her research work focused on the Chicano group Asco and the questioning of cinema through the still in the No films produced during the 1970s. She has participated in meetings and discussions at the UNAM Faculty of Dance, at the UAM and at the Carrillo Gil Museum. She is currently a curator at the Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco and Casa Lü. She also develops educational programs for cultural spaces independently, she also writes about cinema and contemporary art in various publications.

Patricia Siller (1989. Saltillo, Coahuila) She has a degree in Visual and Media Arts from CEDIM (MTY, MX). She is interested in the commonalities between curatorship and artistic production and the way in which the existing limits between the two disciplines have been fading. Her research focuses on the materialization of digital practices, focusing on Contemporary Digital Art with an emphasis on emerging Mexican artists. She has worked for the OMR and Marso galleries and has been in charge of exhibitions for Casa Maauad, all in CDMX. She did residencies at NoAutomático (Monterrey) and at the Museum of Human Achievement (Austin). In 2018 and 2019, she produced Fundación Telefónica's Art and Technology Space for Gallery Weekend. She is currently co-founder and co-director of Janet40 and production director for the Material Art Fair in CDMX.