Cristina Ochoa

Category: Video

  • The Miraculous Recipe

    Exposition name: The Miraculous Recipe
    Location: Mexican American Institute of Relations. Monterrey, México. | Mauricio Badillo’s Garden, Mexico City. | Pereira Art Museum, Pereira, Colombia.
    Date: 2011

  • Paramar

    Exposition name: Paramar
    Location: Casa Espacio de Obra. Rosario, Argentina
    Type: Video Installation: Glass cup filled with sugar and ants.
    Dimension: 15 square meters
    Date: 2015

    Description: This video installation consists of a projection on water, plants, and found objects sourced directly from the Paraná River in Rosario, Argentina. The footage features everyday scenes of people gathered along the riverbank, sharing and drinking yerba mate, capturing a moment of communal ritual and connection to place. Installed over a 15-square-meter area, the work was presented at Casa Espacio en Obra in Rosario in 2015, blending natural elements with moving image to evoke a sensory, site-specific reflection on social and ecological relationships.

  • Ants Trap

    Exposition name: Ants Trap
    Location: Casa Espacio de Obra. Rosario, Argentina
    Type: Video Installation.
    Date: 2015

    Description: This experiment was designed to observe the behavioral response of ants to a concentrated source of sugar. A glass vase filled with sugar was placed on the terrace of the house where we were in residency. Over the course of two days, a camera captured the evolving activity: at first, two ants arrived and quickly died, but soon after, many others followed. Eventually, larger ants appeared and began organizing the smaller ones, forming a coordinated effort—an ant “army”—working together to lift the glass and extract the sugar. The footage even reveals what resembles a council or gathering of ants beside the vase, suggesting strategic decision-making. The piece draws parallels to human social and political organization, while also hinting at the stimulant effect of sugar and its impact on collective behavior.

  • Readings from the Garden

    Exposition name: Readings from the Garden
    Location: Carrillo Gil Museum, Mexico City
    Date: 2nd September 2023
    Curator: Vivian Abeshushan
    Other artists: Mónica Nepote, Raquel Salgado, Carla Faesler y Verónica Gerber

    Description: Participatory event within the exhibition “The Garden Has No Fences,” coordinated by writer Vivian Abenshushan. Women artists from diverse disciplines will gather in a “Circle of the Word” to present spoken or performe