Antonia Alarcón

Servidor Local presents Había olvidado cómo se veía el horizonte perdiéndose en el cielo by Antonia Alarcón.

Guided by her desire to explore the sovereignty of materials, the artist creates pieces from their very origins. She collects plants and transforms them using ancestral techniques learned from master craftsmen. She cleans and processes the plants and makes her own fibers and threads. The resulting objects are an extension of herself and a message to the territory, to those who observe them, and to the materials themselves.

Mónica Nepote writes the exhibition text accompanying the exhibition, describing the artist's craft:

The works that form part of I had forgotten what the horizon looked like, lost in the sky remind us that weaving and embroidery are not just the act of taking threads and linking them together: weaving and linking also means creating new relationships. Weaving or embroidering means joining together: thoughts, materials, stories.

I had forgotten what the horizon looked like as it disappeared into the sky is the result of three years of research by the artist in different latitudes, the Colombian Amazon, Oaxaca, and during the Botanical Residency at the Plant Dealer Nursery in Xochimilco, Mexico City. The exhibition will be accompanied by a public program with activities that address the themes of Antonia's work and the sale of some objects from guest projects.

–Servidor Local