Bench 02, Amate Black
in collaboration with Tony Torres
@notdipped
Presented at Nuevas Herencias Exhibition at
@espacio_cdmx
Curated and produced by
@ofthreads_
Feb 4-8 in CDMX during Mexico City Art Week
MUCHAS gracias a
@almajimenezlopez_ @serg88mondragon @chelseaflintoft for bringing this show together !🙏!
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@ofthreads is a curatorial collective celebrating Mexican-American artists and designers across America through stories of identity, heritage, and migration.
Nuevas Herencias is an exploration of the inheritances we choose to create and pass down. Moving beyond memory and lineage, this exhibition centers authorship, the emotional, cultural, and aesthetic truths shaping Mexican-American identity today.
Not nostalgia. Lived experience. Home carried within.
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Bench 02, Amate Black
56” x 17” x 17” H
Amate ribbon, natural pigments, post consumer pulp, corn starch, cardboard, muslin
Bench 02 is the next iteration in the novel use of ancient paper making materials and techniques. In collaboration with Tony Torres, Bench 02 uses a technique Tony and Sam call “Amate Ribbon”, an adaptation of traditional Amate paper making in which short strands of fiber are carefully pounded with a stone. Engaging with these techniques feels transformative as they deepen cultural understanding through novel processes rooted in tradition.
