Salón | A musical journey with Omar Barquet

As part of the parallel activities of Salón—the inaugural exhibition of Solar Tacubaya, an independent space founded by artists Omar Rodríguez-Graham and Morgana Ludlow—visual artist and music enthusiast Omar Barquet (A.K.A. DJ Ejkiujmi) presents a unique exercise that interweaves music and image.

Inspired by the 60 works that make up the exhibition, Barquet created a free and personal audiovisual curation: a “musical journey” that responds to the languages, techniques, materials, and imaginaries of each piece.

Starting from the visual references of each artwork—many by artists he does not personally know—he selected record covers from his vinyl collection that resonate with the works, guided as well by titles, themes, and atmospheres. He then chose tracks, lyrics, or instrumental pieces that build a topographical soundscape, with valleys, peaks, tunnels, and moments of eclectic reverie.

The result is a five-hour playlist spanning genres such as jazz, ambient, IDM, experimental music, drum and bass, trip hop, electro, rock, soul, spoken word, and world music. This selection not only complements the exhibition—which brings together multiple anthropological, mystical, historical, political, material, and abstract approaches to landscape—but also offers a new reading through sound, gifting each artist a musical “present” evoked by their work.

In addition, on Saturday, March 28, from 12:00 to 17:00, Omar Barquet will host a vinyl listening session featuring the 60 selected tracks, open to the public at Solar Tacubaya.

The playlist is available on Spotify and will be shared after the session so visitors can walk through the exhibition with headphones, pairing their favorite works with their corresponding soundtrack.

Salón invites audiences to explore disciplinary crossings and multiple readings; with this proposal, Omar Barquet introduces music as a new language through which to inhabit and experience the exhibition.

— Solar Tacubaya

Artists participating in Salón: Aaron Glasson, Agustín González, Allan Villavicencio, Andrea Romero Guerrero, Andrea Sotelo, Arturo Hernández Alcázar, Aurora Pellizzi, Benjamin Torres, Carlos Amorales, Cecilia Barreto, Christian Camacho, Edgar Orlaineta, Elizabeth de Jesús, Elsa-Louise Manceaux, Estrella Carmona, Francesco Pedraglio, Francisco Muñoz, Ismael Sentíes, Jaime Ruiz Otis, Javier Areán, Javier Peláez, Jim Johnston, Jimena Schlaepfer, Jorge Rosano Gamboa, Joushimart Morales, Leo Marz, Leonora Serra, Lucía Vidales, Marcela Calderón, Marcos Castro, María Sada, Mariana Paniagua, José Eduardo Barajas, Mauro Giaconi, Moris, Néstor Jiménez, Nicole Chaput, Omar Barquet, Oscar Rodríguez, Othiana Roffiel, Pablo Rasgado, Pedro Reyes, Perla Krauze, Pía Camil, Plinio Ávila, Quirarte + Ornelas, Rafael Uriegas, Robert Janitz, Rodolfo Díaz Cervantes, Rodrigo Valenzuela, Sam Michell, Santiago Borja, Sofía Ortiz, Tania Zaldívar, Theo Michael, Tjorg Douglas Beer, Willy Kautz, Yoab Vera, and Yoshua Okón.