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: 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: Ceremonial Sculptures & Plates (Pharmakon)Location: Galeria del Agua Altzayanca. TlaxcalaDate: 2021 Description: This residency had two stages, where under the leading of the artist Rafael Cazares I made a series of pieces; plates and ceremonial sculptures and recycled glass pieces. In between the utilitarian and artistic. Part of the Project Pharmakon.
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), […]
Exposition name: BhangLocation: Multiple, México CityIn collaboration with: Ariel OrozcoDate: 2021 Description: The Pharmakon Psychotropical Garden project brought together visionary art, ancient plant knowledge, and experimental cooking in a multisensory exploration of altered states and healing traditions. Among its highlights were the Paintings Under Four Grams, created during guided experiences with San Isidro mushrooms in […]
Exposition name: PHARMAKON: PSYCHOTROPICAL COCKTAILSLocation: Nina Menocal Gallery, Arafura’s Garden, IMSS Restaurant.In collaboration with: Chef Ramses Manek Date: 2021 – 2022 Description: The Psychotropical Cocktails project unfolded across several key venues in Mexico City throughout 2021, merging artistic experimentation with botanical rituals. At Arafura’s Garden in July, as part of a curatorial residency program, preparations began […]
Exposition name: Pharmakon – Actions at a distanceLocation: Jumex Museum, Mexico CityDate: FEB – MAR 2022Curator: Kit HammondsOther artists: Lorena Ancona, Oscar Cueto, Galia Eibenschutz, Calixto Ramírez, Rafiki Sánchez. Description: More than an installation, it is a sanctuary of biodiversity, a vegetal pharmacy, a trans-disciplinary learning space, and a site for ancestral memory and ecological […]
PHOTO: UNAM, 2023 Exposition name: The Heart of the ForestLocation: Palacio de la Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)Date: Until September 2023 Description: Pharmakon explores the blurred boundaries between cure and poison, medicine and drug. Through a vibrant collection of more than 50 entheogenic plant specimens gathered from urban sidewalks across Colombia […]
PHOTO: PHARMAKON AT SOMERS GALLERY 2023 LONDON Exposition name: Pharmakon: Street HerbariesLocation: Multiple: London, Vienna, Mexico City, Barcelona…Date: 2023 Description: Pharmakon explores the blurred boundaries between cure and poison, medicine and drug. Through a vibrant collection of more than 50 entheogenic plant specimens gathered from urban sidewalks across Colombia and Mexico—mounted on colorful papers—and a […]
PHOTO: Cristina Ochoa 2023 Steyregg-Festival Austria 2023Steyregg-Festival, ViennaCurator: Ursula Maria Probst2023 Cristina Ochoa connects questions surrounding species extinction with herbalism and pharmacy, engaging with cultural myths and ceremonies as well as their interpretation and assimilation within communities. Her practice draws upon her academic background in fine art, cultural management, copyright, and Mexican art history, which […]