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We look forward to seeing you Saturday, September 27 from 6-9pm for the opening of ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ร, the first institutional presentation of the Los Angeles-based collective ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐ผ ร, founded in 2023 by artists ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ, ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ผ, and ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ท๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป. Formed while studying at CalArts, the group explores identity through shared language, with โรโ, often mispronounced by non-Spanish speakers, as a symbol of cultural complexity.
๐๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐ผ ร presents a four-week evolving installation resembling a functional office space, where a printer and blank sheets generate text-based works from past projects, literature, visual references, and transcribed by interpreter Alexia Veytia-Rubioโeach word and exchange building an accumulating public record.
Each week, the works are compiled into a publication, culminating in three editions launched with public programs that highlight immigrant linguistic contributions and invite critical dialogue. Available to read in the gallery, these evolving texts question the authority of the โfinishedโ work and foreground how language is used, reused, and felt.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ณโ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ด. ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ป!
Grupo ร, Defining ร is curated by Nahui Garcia, JOANโs assistant curator.
This project was supported, in part, by a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant.
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