Contemporary Art Tag

MAURO GIACONI

Temporal ventaja

   AUG.31.2025 – FEB.2026

The installation Temporal ventaja (Temporary Advantage) by Mauro Giaconi, commissioned by Arte Abierto, transforms the space into a shipyard that welcomes us onto a large-scale ship, stranded in a shopping mall, in a waterless lake-adjacent city. How did a vessel of this scale end up here?

Temporal ventaja

A tale weaver and storyteller in his own right, Giaconi provokes and challenges our perception of reality and matter. He creates unique worlds and contexts using a powerful tool: graphite, combined with the strength of the collective.

 

Giaconi conceives drawing as a portable haven and containment space. Through this medium, he expands into other disciplines—such as sculpture and installation—exploring these constructions from the fragility of matter as a latent force. In this project, the ship stands as a vessel of stories and tools, a space of transit and protection posing the question: Is this a place of arrival or departure?

 

Temporal ventaja invites us to pause in suspended time where reality and fiction collide, to question accepted truths in a present time marked by uncertainty and lies. On this journey, that which is real weakens and constantly blurs, but Giaconi gives us the coordinates to “doubt everything” and go back to the origins of human knowledge and wisdom.

 

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Mauro Giaconi
Temporal ventaja
30.AUG.2025 –FEB.2025
TUE–SUN 12:00 – 7:00PM
Arte Abierto | 2nd floor ARTZ (Periférico Sur 3720, Mexico City)
Entrada libre

FISURA. International Experimental Film and Video Festival

5th Edition

A festival dedicated to independent audiovisual production and distribution, conceived as a space for freedom, creativity, and innovation.

From August 22nd to September 19th, Mexico City will host FISURA’s fifth edition, one of the most prominent experimental film festivals in Latin America. It will also feature special screenings in Durango, Oaxaca, and Acapulco.

With a daring and visionary program, the festival will showcase a curated selection of national and international works that challenge traditional narratives and expand the sensorial horizons of image and sound. This year, Fisura reinforces its interdisciplinary essence with performances, concerts, workshops, and talks, consolidating itself as a space that transgresses the boundaries of audiovisual art.

Among the most relevant retrospectives is Sound of a Million Insects, Light of a Thousand Stars, a posthumous tribute to Japanese filmmaker and artist Tomonari Nishikawa, a key figure in underground cinema in recent years. Also screening will be El eco del silencio, by South Korean artist Jangwook Lee, featuring short films made in 16mm film between 1998 and 2024. Both sections were curated by Estefanía Díaz and Carlos Cruz.

In co-production with Arte Abierto, FISURA will present audiovisual concerts by:

Hiroshi Watanabe A.K.A Kaito (Japan)• Maxime Corbeil-Perron A.K.A Datum Cut (Canada)
Maxime Corbeil-Perron A.K.A Datum Cut (Canada)
José Orozco + Valeria Vicente (Mexico)

Also, in collaboration with Museo del Estanquillo, the experimental sound ensembles Sonidito Amateur and Auroestridente (Mexico).

The performance section will feature:

Steven McInerney A.K.A Merkaba Macabre (Australia)
Jangwook Lee (South Korea)
Julio Rojas A.K.A Deadbug (Mexico)

These activities will take place at Centro de Cultura Digital and are free of charge.

ACADEMIC PROGRAM
The following workshops will be held at Casa Rafael Galván, UAM and Arte Abierto (both workshops are free with prior registration):

Philosophical Approaches to Experimental Film, led by Byron Davies (United States-Mexico) – Venue: Casa Rafael Galván, UAM
Composing with Light, a practical workshop led by Steven McInerney (Australia) – Venue: Arte Abierto

FISURA Official Venues in Mexico City:
AGO.22+SEP.19.2025

• Arte Abierto
• Centro de Cultura Digital
• Casa del Lago (UNAM)
• Museo del Estanquillo
• Casa de la Primera Imprenta (UAM)
• Casa Rafael Galván (UAM)

National tour:
SEP.17-29.2025

• Cineteca Municipal Silvestre Revueltas – Durango
• Demina Laboratorio de Artes – Acapulco, Guerrero
• Sala Elia – Oaxaca

THE COLLECTION CHRONICLES

POV VISITS OF A MUSEUM THAT ISN’T A MUSEUM

Visit + Workshop

When we think of a place where works of art are exhibited, the first thing that probably comes to mind is a museum. But have you ever thought that you can also find works of art inside a shopping mall?
We invite you to participate in this activity where, after a tour through Arte Abierto Collection works, you can share your POV (point of view) by creating a TikTok video.

To enjoy this activity, we recommend bringing your cell phone with the TikTok app pre-installed.

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The Collection Chronicles: POV Visits of a Museum That Isn’t a Museum
Visit + Workshop

  • THU.AUG.21.2025
  • 4:00PM – 5:30PM
  • Open to the general public
  • Limited seating | Free admission
  • Amphitheater Arte Abierto

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PUBLIC PROGRAM

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The Collection Chronicles is a program that offers different ways to explore Arte Abierto’s permanent collection. Through various activities that invite the public to experiment and play with the works—regardless of their prior knowledge—participants will be able to inhabit spaces for dialogue where contemporary art is experienced in a close and collective way, open to multiple interpretations.
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Arte Abierto has a solid collection of works by highly relevant artists in the field of contemporary art on loan. Some of these installations and works were selected or commissioned from the very beginning of ARTZ, which was conceived as a small city where users can enjoy spaces for recreation, leisure, exercise, work, residential life, and art, all in one place. This fosters social cohesion and facilitates encounters between people through its spaces, creating bridges between everyday life, art, and contemporary culture.

The Collection Chronicles are held at Arte Abierto Pedregal and are free-of-charge.

THE COLLECTION CHRONICLES

MAGNETIC PROJECTION

Visit + Workshop

Contemporary art doesn’t follow rules or fixed interests. It isn’t governed by pre-established values; in fact, it unfolds in multiple directions, influenced by the context, experience, and thinking of each artist.

With this idea as a starting point, we invite families to explore some pieces from Arte Abierto Collection. During the visit, we will explore some concepts and processes that shape contemporary practices. At the end, each family will collaboratively create a conceptual portrait, freely combining techniques such as painting, drawing, pastels, collage, writing, or object appropriation.

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The Collection Chronicles: Magnetic Projection
Visit + Workshop

  • THU.AUG.14.2025
  • 4:00PM – 5:30PM
  • Open to the general public
  • Limited seating | Free admission
  • Amphitheater Arte Abierto

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PUBLIC PROGRAM

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The Collection Chronicles is a program that offers different ways to explore Arte Abierto’s permanent collection. Through various activities that invite the public to experiment and play with the works—regardless of their prior knowledge—participants will be able to inhabit spaces for dialogue where contemporary art is experienced in a close and collective way, open to multiple interpretations.
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Arte Abierto has a solid collection of works by highly relevant artists in the field of contemporary art on loan. Some of these installations and works were selected or commissioned from the very beginning of ARTZ, which was conceived as a small city where users can enjoy spaces for recreation, leisure, exercise, work, residential life, and art, all in one place. This fosters social cohesion and facilitates encounters between people through its spaces, creating bridges between everyday life, art, and contemporary culture.

The Collection Chronicles are held at Arte Abierto Pedregal and are free-of-charge.

THE COLLECTION CHRONICLES

ARCANA FOOTPRINT

Visit + Workshop

In this visit, we will explore how tarot can be used as a narrative and interpretive tool for art, and how art constructs a personal narrative. We will conclude the tour with an instant print workshop, in which, using simple materials such as disposable plates, vegetables, and fruits, we will print an engraving that tells our life story based on a brief introduction to the 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot. This activity is an opportunity to explore creativity, life narratives, and the connection between art and tarot.

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The Collection Chronicles: Arcana Footprint
Visit + Workshop

  • THU.AUG.07.2025
  • 4:00PM – 5:30PM
  • Open to the general public
  • Limited seating | Free admission
  • Amphitheater Arte Abierto

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PUBLIC PROGRAM

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The Collection Chronicles is a program that offers different ways to explore Arte Abierto’s permanent collection. Through various activities that invite the public to experiment and play with the works—regardless of their prior knowledge—participants will be able to inhabit spaces for dialogue where contemporary art is experienced in a close and collective way, open to multiple interpretations.
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Arte Abierto has a solid collection of works by highly relevant artists in the field of contemporary art on loan. Some of these installations and works were selected or commissioned from the very beginning of ARTZ, which was conceived as a small city where users can enjoy spaces for recreation, leisure, exercise, work, residential life, and art, all in one place. This fosters social cohesion and facilitates encounters between people through its spaces, creating bridges between everyday life, art, and contemporary culture.

The Collection Chronicles are held at Arte Abierto Pedregal and are free-of-charge.

THE COLLECTION CHRONICLES

The Collection Chronicles is a program that offers different ways to explore Arte Abierto’s permanent collection. Through various activities that invite the public to experiment and play with the works—regardless of their prior knowledge—participants will be able to inhabit spaces for dialogue where contemporary art is experienced in a close and collective way, open to multiple interpretations.
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Arte Abierto has a solid collection of works by highly relevant artists in the field of contemporary art on loan. Some of these installations and works were selected or commissioned from the very beginning of ARTZ, which was conceived as a small city where users can enjoy spaces for recreation, leisure, exercise, work, residential life, and art, all in one place. This fosters social cohesion and facilitates encounters between people through its spaces, creating bridges between everyday life, art, and contemporary culture.

The Collection Chronicles are held at Arte Abierto Pedregal and are free-of-charge.

THE CITY IS A GAME

Workshop by Amarillo Público. Urban Public Art Service

This workshop aims to expand the possibilities for using public space, understanding the city as a place full of “invisible” layers that must be understood in order to intervene. We will explore concepts such as everyday life, the infraordinary, the politics of the senses, and contextual art. As part of the activity, we will create signage to assign new meaning to urban space.

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THE CITY IS A GAME
Workshop by Amarillo Público. Urban Public Art Service

  • SAT.09.AUG.2025
  • All public
  • Free admission
  • Arte Abierto Pedregal | ARTZ

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PUBLIC PROGRAM

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AMARILLO PÚBLICO. Urban Public Art Service. A project of temporary interventions on the streets of Mexico City and surrounding municipalities. Since 2015, it has been part of art festivals, academic research projects, educational programs, and national and international exhibitions, including in Spain, Brazil, Peru, Canada, Colombia, and South Korea.

IG @amarillopublico

amarillopublico.com

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MEETINGS POINT

Intervention by Amarillo Público. Urban Public Art Service

For five weeks, Amarillo Público will create an intervention at Arte Abierto to propose a game of spatial exploration using textile arrows that will invite the discovery of multiple meeting points. Faced with the urban saturation of one-way arrows—which impose order and a single meaning—this project will question: Can an arrow point toward surprise, the unknown, and discovery? Where do these arrows lead? This piece invites people to walk and discover not only an intervention but also an encounter with others.

All the arrows in the installation will be “oriented” toward Arte Abierto, guiding the way to the encounter and discovery of the main work, which will take place on the terrace.

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MEETINGS POINT
Intervention by Amarillo Público. Urban Public Art Service

  • WED.23.JUL – TUE.26.AUG.2025
  • All public
  • Free admission
  • Arte Abierto Pedregal | ARTZ

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PUBLIC PROGRAM

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AMARILLO PÚBLICO. Urban Public Art Service. A project of temporary interventions on the streets of Mexico City and surrounding municipalities. Since 2015, it has been part of art festivals, academic research projects, educational programs, and national and international exhibitions, including in Spain, Brazil, Peru, Canada, Colombia, and South Korea.

IG @amarillopublico

amarillopublico.com

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MEDITATIO SONUS

Special cycle of sound-guided meditations

Arte Abierto presents a special cycle of Meditatio Sonus. This sound art series proposes sound-guided meditations and fosters mindfulness through the practice of deep listening. In this edition, the series will run over two days, with two different meditations each day: one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

The meditations will take place in a gallery between Ugo Rondinone’s sculptures The Sun (2022) and The Moon (2022), creating an immersive experience that connects visual and sound art.

Commissioned sound artists will conduct research on the relationship between mind, sound, and technology. The four meditation sessions will be guided live through sound pieces created specifically for this series.

Meditatio Sonus is a space for researching the phenomenon of sound from the perspective of art, linking the practice of listening and meditation.

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MEDITATIO SONUS
Special cycle of sound-guided meditations

  • SAT.JUN.07.2025 – 11:00 am and 5:00 pm
  • SAT.JUN.08.2025 – 11:00 am and 5:00 pm
  • Teens and adults
  • Limited seating | Free admission
  • Arte Abierto Pedregal | 2nd floor, ARTZ

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PUBLIC PROGRAM | long last happy

MEDITATIO SONUS – PROGRAM

SAT.JUN.07.2025 – 11:00 AM
SARMEN ALMOND

Through this sound meditation, entitled Inner Sea, we will seek to restore our full breathing, deep listening, and harmony within the physical and mental body. We will begin with exercises for full breathing and relaxation, to prepare us for meditation. Likewise, we will recognize our posture and consciously perceive our body, locating tension and releasing thoughts. Sound will connect us with our inner universe, with breathing emanating frequencies, calm whispers, and colors that trigger calm, stillness, and creativity.

SAT.JUN.07.2025 – 5:00PM
YAIR LÓPEZ

Bin bin a-rio is a set of music that emerges from three text scores, which intertwine to form a new, living score in constant interaction with people and the environment. Its practice is imbued with a Deep Listening approach, inviting deep listening (dreamlike, bodily, and sensorial). The piece proposes cycles that refer to the Earth’s tide: the continuous erosion of the Earth caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun, the ebb and flow of day and night. In this context, the duality of gender—male, female—is questioned and overflows, opening the way to a fluid exploration of the human: human, human, humane, humono…

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SUN.08.JUN.2025 – 11:00AM
HUGO SOLÍS

For this guided meditation session, the artist proposes drawing on techniques of constant rhythmic motifs that numerous cultures and traditions have used to generate rituals and collective trances. Mantras, prayers, rosaries, and numerous sound repetition techniques will be reinterpreted on an electroacoustic piano from a minimalist musical perspective, using delay and reverb techniques that ideally accompany the participants’ meditation.

The performance will be divided into two distinctly contrasting sections that reference the sculptural work in the space, intended to engage in dialogue with Ugo Rondinone’s work the sun and the moon. The first half of the sound experience will refer to slow, calm, and melancholic rituals, while the second will feature luminous and hopeful chants and rituals.

SUN.08.JUN.2025 – 5:00PM
ARCANGELO CONSTANTINI

As part of the Speaker Strings series, which explores sympathetic resonance, a unique string instrument has been reworked. A classical guitar, worn by decades of use, has been transformed into a four-string bass through radical modifications. The original hardware was replaced, and a door hinge was used as an improvised support for the strings. A subwoofer was also integrated into the speaker cabinet, expanding its sonic capabilities and giving it an experimental character.

Through this metamorphosis, the instrument is immersed in an existential flux, establishing dialogues with hypothetical aesthetic processes. Sympathetic resonance, understood as a poetic and aesthetic phenomenon, reveals a profound connection between two vibrant entities. When two systems achieve a harmonious affinity, an invisible flow of energy and meaning emerges. This shared resonance generates a symphony of emotions and understandings, seeking to transcend the limitations of language to create a deeper and more enigmatic communication with the audience.

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MEDITATIO SONUS
This is an initiative by Arcangelo Constantini and Marcela Armas, which emerged in Mexico City in 2012. They have held series at Ciudad Universitaria, in collaboration with the MUAC and the Alumnos 47 Foundation, at Casa del Lago, in collaboration with Casa Dharma, at the Los Pinos Cultural Complex, at the Museum of Art and History of Guanajuato, and at Casa Palmira Lázaro Cárdenas, in Cuernavaca.

Each series consists of eight sessions, held over eight consecutive Sundays.

www.arc-data.net/meditatiosonus/web
IG @meditatio_sonus
FB MeditatioSonus

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SARMEN ALMOND
She is a Mexican musician and vocal performer. She is an intermedial artist and voice teacher specializing in the Roy Hart tradition. She holds a Master’s degree in Sonic Arts from Queen’s University, Belfast. armen uses voice and new technologies to create compositions and decompositions of personality on stage. He constantly explores the infinite vocal possibilities that the human body offers as an instrument, as well as the reflection of these sounds in physical and imaginary spaces, displayed through audio, images, and videos, displayed in real time on the performer’s body. Sarmen has performed in Mexico, England, France, Spain, Scotland, Prague, the Netherlands, and Singapore, among others; he also performed Marina Abramovic’s Luminocity and Joan Jonas’s Mirror Check at the 2011 Manchester International Festival in the UK. Almond has been an artist-in-residence at STEIM, Amsterdam (2008), as well as at Digital Art Studios, Belfast, Northern Ireland (2011), and NEIRO Association for Expanding Arts, Prague (2024).
sarmenalmond.wordpress.com/
IG @sarmen_almond

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YAIR LÓPEZ
G-sualdo A.K.A Yair López is a sound artist. He combines error, geophysical data, and poetry, materializing sound and audiovisual pieces. Starting as an active listener, he has performed field recordings and soundscapes, and co-directs Encuentro Internacional de Grabación de Campo. In 2025, he obtained the EAR certification from The Center for The Deep Listening, Troy, New York, USA, to teach Deep Listening workshops.
yairlopez.info/
IG @germen__

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HUGO SOLÍS
He is an electronic artist and professor at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. He holds a master’s degree from Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts, a DEA in Computer Science and Digital Communication from Pompeu Fabra University, and a PhD in Digital Art and Experimental Media from the University of Washington. His work has focused on the creative and aesthetic possibilities of the intersection of sound, digital, and interactive technologies.
He has exhibited works and given concerts in Mexico, Japan, Ireland, the United States, Spain, Brazil, Italy, Portugal, and Armenia. He has received support, scholarships, and recognition from FONCA, UNAM, TELMEX, MIT, the University of Washington, DXARTS, IMEB-Bourges, Centro Multimedia, Transitio_MX, and Leonardo, among others. He is currently a member of the National System of Researchers, Level I, and the National System of Art Creators.
hugosolis.net/
IG @hugosg76

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ARCANGELO CONSTANTINI
He is an artistic inventor and technological hacker who, in a constant existential speculation, develops experimental hypotheses about reality using a variety of media, multifaceted processes, and transdisciplinarity. He has created expanded network art, sound artifacts for performative improvisations, and interactive activations. He has conducted extensive research on water molecule anomalies, utilizing physical computing devices, interactive installations, and experiments with mantric machines.
His work has been exhibited at Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Museo de Arte Moderno, Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Museo Tamayo, Museo Universitario del Chopo, and Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo. He is a member of the National System of Creators.
arc-data.net/
IG @arcdiablo

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long last happy by Ugo Rondinone is an exhibition that invites visitors to a luminous world inspired by the celestial forces of the natural world: the sun, the moon and the rainbow. Through monumental sculptures and an ongoing public participation project, Rondinone explores the themes of consolation, regeneration and spiritual connection.

RAIN AMULETS, CELESTIAL ECHOES

Taller con la artista Ximena Liceaga

Join us for this workshop where we’ll explore Ugo Rondinone’s exhibition, long last happy, through a series of exercises with sound devices. This will invite us to explore the space in a different way than usual, paying attention not only to what we see but also to what we hear and feel. At the end of the workshop, you’ll be able to make your own sound amulet to take home as a souvenir of this encounter.

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RAIN AMULETS, CELESTIAL ECHOES
Workshop with artist Ximena Liceaga

  • SAT.MAY.24.2025
  • 1:00 pm
  • All public
  • Limited space | Free admission
  • Arte Abierto Pedregal | 2nd floor, ARTZ

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PUBLIC PROGRAM | long last happy

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long last happy by Ugo Rondinone is an exhibition that invites visitors to a luminous world inspired by the celestial forces of the natural world: the sun, the moon and the rainbow. Through monumental sculptures and an ongoing public participation project, Rondinone explores the themes of consolation, regeneration and spiritual connection.

 

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XIMENA LICEAGA (CDMX, 1995) Multidisciplinary visual artist, with the main focus of production and research on the narratives and conceptions generated from the relationships and perceptions that exist between human beings and the environment, the categorization of reality and the reflective possibilities in art. Her work ranges from painting, ceramics, animation, installation, performance art, and sound art.

IG @xiimenator

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