ROOMS
ROOMS
Leonardo Ascencio, Gabriel Boils, Cristian Franco, Andrew Roberts, Guadalupe Rosales & Juan Manuel Salas
Curator: Sacha Craddock
Curatorial cycle: Attention
ROOMS, is the first exhibition of the curatorial cycle Attention. Curated by Sacha Craddock, the second international guest curator at Plataforma, this exhibition, located on the first floor, invites us to experience a sensorially charged space in which differences can coexist.
ROOMS reimagines the exhibition space by locating a temporary scaffolding structure within the gallery. Rather than using neutral white cubes, each space has been collaboratively conceived, negotiated and constructed by individual artists and the curator. Reflecting both their individual and collective processes, the works function as both a physical structure and conceptual gestures which challenge the traditional relationship between an artist and the exhibition space.
Scaffoldings, which associate with construction as well as deconstruction, alludes to impermanence, adaptability, and the fluid boundaries between creation and collapse. By inhabiting these provisional spaces, each artist navigates the tension between artistic intention and everyday reality, to offer a metaphorical, layered, yet open-ended experience.
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About the exhibition cycle
Attention
The series of four exhibitions at Plataforma, Attention, is the result of multiple studio visits in Los Angeles, San Diego, Tijuana and Guadalajara. Far from imposing a narrative, this curatorial cycle proposes an open discussion between artists, geographies and languages to highlight the power of cross-reference as well as the direct experience of art.
The two group shows, as well as the two solo shows, reveal the unexpected affinities that come from singular practices. Attention oscillates between receptive attention and the urgent need to look, think and feel.
Rather than illustrating a fixed idea, the selection seeks to make itself an accessible meeting point, without either neutrality or imposed certainties. In a context where curatorial judgment can be seen as intrusive, this project hopes to harness the external but committed gaze that observes without feeling a need to define. Attention, in the end, is an invitation to experiment without prejudice.
