Collaborative Laboratory of Contemporary Art in Lima
Led by Martin Gustavsson and Rodrigo Gómez Olivos
Monday, 11 February – Friday, 8 March 2019
Monday to Friday from 10am – 1pm & 3pm – 5 pm
Proyecto AMIL
Lima
Application deadline: Friday, 28 December 2018
Participants Selection: Monday, 7 January 2019
Opening of HACIENDO CONTEXTO III exhibition: Friday, 8 March 2019
Selected artists:
Rodrigo Albornoz (Stockholm)
Andrés Argüelles Vigo (Lima)
Lorena Ciccia Roncalla (Lima)
Leonite Dahlström (Stockholm)
Carolina Estrada Muñoz (Lima)
Cristina Flores Pescorán (Lima)
Siwar Gabriel Peralta Huamán (Cuzco)
Juan Manuel Espinoza Ysla (Lima)
Arnold Pérez Rodríguez (Trujillo)
Proyecto AMIL and the artists Martin Gustavsson and Rodrigo Gómez Olivos are pleased to launch its national open call to art students and self-taught artists, to be part of the Collaborative Laboratory of Contemporary Art: HACIENDO CONTEXTO III.
Hyper-Society: Quipus as Metaphor is the tittle of 2019 edition of the laboratory, which proposes quipus as a cultural signifier capable of introducing new understandings and affects into cultural production in an era in which the digital society and its hyper-connectivity has paradoxically alienated us from collective endeavours.
The quipus are the physical evidence of knowledge systems and practices that are partly forgotten and partly ritualized. Findings from historians and anthropologists coincide in the fact that they are technological devices used to narrate stories through the mixes of knots, textures, size and colours. However, there’s no consensus in relation to the information they carried. According to some, quipus stored epic chronicles of the Inca Empire, other researchers would maintain that they only contained quantitative data. During the laboratory the possible ramifications of these divergent theories and the symbolisms quipus can activate today will be explored. At the same time, the importance of these artefacts for Peruvian artists and art history will be discussed.
The collaborative work can take many routes depending on the dynamics and interests of each of the artists in the group. In fact, participants are encouraged to investigate their personal archives and experiences in relation to the subject, while exploring the different forms of art making together.
It is essential that the participants commit to the laboratory in terms of time and effort. Proyecto AMIL will cover the domestic flights, accommodation and expenses of the artists coming from Peruvian cities outside of Lima.
General Program
Week 1 – Presentation of portfolios and discussion about the current artistic production in the local and international context.
Week 2 – Visits to museums, exhibitions and interviews with curators and professional with an expertise in quipus.
Week 3 – Production week.
Week 4 – Installation and opening of the exhibition HACIENDO CONTEXTO III at Proyecto AMIL.
Martin Gustavsson (Sweden, 1964) lives and works in London and Stockholm. Gustavsson attended The Royal University College of Fine Art in Stockholm, Sweden and Middlesex University, UK. His works have been exhibited in Scandinavia, the UK, Japan, US, and the Middle East. Recent solo exhibitions include: El Mirage (2015), Participant Inc., New York; Indentations (2013), Maria Stenfors, London; In No Particular Order (2010), Maria Stenfors, London, Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden; Wrath of God (2007-2008), Oslo Kunstforening, Norway and Brändström & Stene, Stockholm. In 2018 he participated in the collective exhibition l’Heure Rouge at the Dakar biennial. He is a Senior Lecturer of painting at Konstfack in Stockholm, Sweden, and held the IASPIS residencies in New York (1999-2000) and Stockholm (2007).
Rodrigo Gómez Olivos (Chile, 1986) is a self-taught artist. Some of his latest projects include: He ahí la ejecución, Proyecto AMIL (2017); Acúnandote of Sick! Proyecto AMIL (2016); Saints & Fuckers (Collaborative Installation with Martín Gustavsson and María Abbaddon), Proyecto AMIL (2016); Indumentum, Bellas Artes Lima (2015). In 2018 he participated in In No Particular Order, performance organized by Martin Gustavsson in Sprigg Gallery in London. Collective work for the performance “Donde más duele”, Pancho Casas; Galería Gonzales & Gonzales 11 June 2015. “Donde más duele” was recently shown at “Performance art au Chili 1998-2018” (commissaire déxposition Lynda Avendaño Santana) October 2018 Le Lieu, centre en art actuel 345, rue du pont, Quebec.
Haciendo Contexto III
