LUCIFERINAS – GROUP EXHIBITION AT CASA HOFFMANN
The exhibition, curated by Paola Peña, brings together works that link the metaphorical capacity of light and fire to make visible from different perspectives and heterogeneous and pressing situations that demand our attention as citizens. They are also works that invite us to see the unmanifest, not to lose the capacity for wonder, to realize the always latent possibility of transformation or creation.
“When day comes we step out of the shade,
aflame and unafraid
The new dawn blooms as we free it
For there is always light,
if only we’re brave enough to see it
If only we’re brave enough to be it”
- Amanda Gorman
Paisaje Desolado from Catalina Mora on Vimeo.
"Light has been frequently used as an allegory of knowledge", postulates the curator, "facing the stake was necessary to see reality and not just the shadows. It is no coincidence that fire is the element that illuminates the cave, undoubtedly one of the most important natural sources of light, not only because it was around fire that as a species we learned to speak, but also because many scientific and technological revolutions have their origin in the ability to obtain fire at will. There is a transforming power in this element, considered sacred for many cultures, a symbol of strength or purification." she adds.
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Giovanni Vargas Luna - La forma de las cosas que vienen - Archivo. Colección de 128 frases relacionadas con el tema de la luz. - Pantalla LED - 2018
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Larry Muñoz - Muerte temporal - Video digital - 2019
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Ana Villate - La libertad viene en frasquito – Fotografía - 63 x 72 cm - 2012 /2020
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Jorge Ortíz - La otra luz - Pintura. Papel fotográfico BN. Revelador Dektol D76 y fijador fotográfico para BN. Materiales para fotografía análoga. Obra hecha con luz natural. - 45 x 22 cm - 2021
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Catalina Mora - Paisaje Desolado – Video - 15’ - 2013 - 2018
At the same time, if the scientific aspect is taken where luciferin is the "substance that, when oxidized, causes the emission of light and that is found in various microorganisms and organs of some animals, such as the firefly", the reflection on light and its capacities becomes introspective. Still, the most interesting thing lies in the will to produce light. The exhibition, in its public call, seeks to “ignite flames of multiple colors, to look again and attend to situations that the circumstances caused by COVID-19 postponed, but also to be able to imagine what is still in the shadows, to sharpen the senses to unveil the invisible”.
Artists: Adolfo Bernal, Carlos Castro, Santiago Díaz Escamilla, Santiago Escobar-Jaramillo, Valeria Giraldo, Juliana Góngora, Juan David Laserna, Adriana Marmorek, Catalina Mora Fernández, Larry Muñoz, Jorge Ortiz, Giovanni Vargas, Ana María Villate, Sonnia Yépez.
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Santiago Díaz Escamilla - Clarão. That from Which Things Become Manifest - Impresión con pigmento perdurable sobre papel Backlit, montado en caja de luz - 73.5 x 55.3 x 8 cm – 2018 - Cortesía del artista y de Casas Riegner
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Valeria Giraldo – Meteoro - Instalación de luz, acrílico y humo - Dimensiones variables - 2014
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Adriana Marmorek - Reliquia N.17 de la serie Transmutación - Instalación de video HD - 2’15’’ - 2016
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Carlos Castro – Abierto - Cristal soplado, base de metal y sistema de gas - 2019
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Sonnia Yepes - Acto de fe - Lampadario electrónico intervenido - 110 x 110 x 45 cm - 2019
April 29 to May 28, 2021.
Casa Hoffmann
carrera 2A # 70 - 25, Bogotá, Colombia
