Un paisaje nunca es inocente

Based on the works that we present in this exhibition, we seek to trace different relationships between the landscape and the body. In previous editions, we have developed different perspectives on the relationships between the body and the territory. On this occasion, we seek to separate the idea of territory and landscape, departing from the action of the body on space. What differentiates the territory from the landscape? It could be said that the landscape is an artificial construction that seeks to modify the environment and adapt it to the needs of the subjects. On the other hand, the territory is an extensive space that modifies the qualities of the subjects.

Pre-Hispanic communities adapted their culture, beliefs, religion, architecture and habits to the territory they inhabited. Not seeking to alter it, but rather, to transform its life experience and make it part of nature. The modern experience, on the other hand, is very different. Contemporary subjects are obsessed with the idea of landscape. Altering the environment works as a demonstration of power in which human and natural forces are put into play. The different and multiple tensions between body, territory-landscape, make up one of the fundamental characteristics of the themes addressed by Latin American art.