ENCUENTROS
A CURA DI DANNIEL TOSTES • NAOMI GAMARRA E VALESKA ROMERO CURIQUEO
I am very grateful to Danniel Toastes
@dannieltostes for his invitation and his care. I would also like to thank Valeska Curiqueo
@valeska_romero_curiqueo fo her sensitivity and strength. Thank you too Jonas Van
@jonasssvan for the sound created and shared with us 🤲🏼
I will soon be posting a montage that my dear Jonathan Ospina
@jonathan.ospina filmed during the exhibition. Thank you for your sharp eye 🌹
@sonnenstube.offspace
25.01. - 01.03.2025
Sonnenstube began its 2025 program with an exhibition curated by danniel tostes titled encuentros.
the exhibition features productions by naomi gamarra enriched by the performance practice valeska romero curiqueo. encuentros aims to explore the encounter and interaction of different cultural heritages and perspectives. the works presented alludes to the confrontation between colonial legacies and contemporary realities, inviting reflection on how these encounters between past and present, tradition and modernity, shape cultural identity and expression in the present.
naomi gamarra is an artist of bolivian and peruvian heritage whose practice delves into the transmission of cultural heritage and the complexities of migration, intrafamily connections, and collective memory. through her work, gamarra critically examines the enduring legacies of colonization in latin america, focusing on the objects, myths, symbols, and syncretic representations born from cultural and political intersections.
valeska romero curiqueo centers her artistic research on the body, provoking reflections and rebellious memories. drawing from her cultural heritage and fragmented biography, she crafts transformative fictions that take shape through her body in motion, evoking monstrous identities that allow her to explore desire and self-reinvention.
📸 Mattia Angelini