Exposition name: Practical Paganism Location: Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California Date: 2016 Description: Curated by Emanuela Ines Dunand, in partnership with Galerie Escougnou-Cetraro (Paris) and Muebles Sullivan (Mexico City). The 100-square-meter space functioned as an interactive laboratory featuring collections of plants, mushrooms, hydrolats, and bacterial cultures engaged in microbial “battles”—such as yogurt vs. cheese or […]
Exposition name: PharmakonLocation: Centre Cultural Maristany, Barcelone Date: 2016Curators: Juan Canela, Andrea Novoa and Verónica Valentini Description: PHARMAKON is an ongoing artistic research project exploring the boundaries between pharmacy and the use of psychoactive substances. It opens a critical dialogue around the concepts of “drug” and “medicine,” functioning as an experimental laboratory that investigates the […]
Exposition name: Garden of Oblivion Type: Garden Intervention
Exposition name: Future GoddessesType: Nano counter ADN reader.Materials: BiotechDate: 2019 Description: The Mayan legend of the Ololiuhqui or Xtabentún flower tells of two sisters: Xtabay, kind, generous, and misunderstood for her open-heartedness, and Utz-Colel, praised for her purity but inwardly cold and envious. When Xtabay died, her body released a sweet fragrance, and from it […]
Exposition name: Psychotropical Apothecary (Pharmakon)Type: Different art spacesDate: 2020 Description: Mobile and permanent installation that brings together tinctures, micro-dosing practices, and live performance in an experiential and participatory format. Since its inception in 2020, it has been presented in various art spaces, inviting more than 3,000 participants—99.9% of whom have reported positive effects. This ongoing […]
Exposition name: BiocenoLocation: Museo de la Cancillería, Mexico CityDate: Mar 2020Curator: Jeannette Betancourt Description: An immersive installation featuring cotton fabrics dyed with medicinal plants and accompanied by vapor vases designed for inhalation rituals. The aromatic steam carries the healing properties of pirul, eucalyptus, bougainvillea, pericón, cempasúchil, elderberry, horsetail, and orange blossom, evoking traditional cleansing practices […]
Exposition name: Spandemia Location: Cyclo DF, México City Date: Mar 2021Material: Dyed cotton in vapor and fabrics with the medicinal plants.Producer: Cyclo DF Description: Installation of a consultation room featuring hand-dyed cotton fabrics using plant-based pigments, accompanied by ceramic pieces and a curated apothecary of herbal preparations.
Exposition name: Virtual Museum Residency (Pharmakon)Location: Laboratorio Arte Alameda Museum, Mexico CityDate: Mar – Apr 2021 Description: Pharmakon began just before the COVID-19 pandemic, when I was invited by curator Lucía San Román to develop a project in the garden of the Laboratorio de Arte Alameda (LAA) museum in Mexico City. However, due to the […]
Exposition name: Arafura – Garden of Psychotropical Hope (Pharmakon)Location: Popotla, Mexico CityDate: 2021 Description: Design and production of the garden as a living art work, from the star of the rebuilding of the house, now a cultural art center dedicated to residencies for art curators, artist and research in art and ecofeminism. Related external links: […]
Exposition name: Pharmastar Synapsis GameLocation: Galeria del Agua Altzayanca. TlaxcalaDimensions: Variable dimensions, 31 cm x 31 cm. Plus 25 ChipsDate: 2021 Description: Synapsis is the process through which neurons communicate via neuro-transmitters produced by the body. This interactive piece explores how love emerges from brain chemistry. Each color represents a neurotransmitter: yellow (serotonin), orange (adrenaline), […]