ARCO 2016

Felipe Arturo’s practice takes elements from fields in the proximities of urbanism, architecture and art in relation to politics, history, geography and economy. His projects are mainly sculptures, installations and videos departing from concepts like structure, sequence and matter. The work of Arturo is deeply influenced by vernacular architectures and construction techniques that reflect processes of assimilation and resistance to colonial and post-colonial processes.

Through his work, Alberto Baraya (Bogotá, 1968) investigates notions related to scientific knowledge and to the instruments that legitimise it; he questions the figure of the “viajero”, the role of museums and ideas about exotism to generate discourses of cultural vindication. His broader Project, Herbario de Plantas Artificiales (Herbarium of Artifical Plants) deconstructs scientific paradigm, post-colonial societies, and at the same time reflects about daily esthetical acts.