Guachaca’s process, 2022-23

2022-23The Territorio 2022-23 Residencies are the result of a long process of deep contact with the Colombian territory, made possible thanks to Galeria Sextante, Maria Eugenia Niño, Luis Angel Parra and all the locals, fauna and flora that are part of it.

Guachaca’s process

I use drawing as a starting point but also as a thought process to relate to my surroundings. Feminine practices as weaving or quilting allow me to generate landscapes and imaginary creatures populating universes inspired in natural patterns.
The obsessive repetition of gestures to create layered surfaces and abstract narratives operate simultaneously as windows to different places I have traveled to. Each location becomes an archeological site from where to collect materials and, simultaneously, unveil human and non-human structures. To bring together, to attach, to unite, as well as to alter, change and transform, are constant actions crossing my body of work. “Collaging” encompasses all of these actions while also operating as a technique to address the way I relate to the world; where diversity, difference and care are crucial aspects to preserve life both human and non- human.
My art is like a map, an archive, an experience moving beyond the concept of drawing as a bidimensional action that transforms it into a methodology that manifests the complex layering of a body traveling the world.

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