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    Medium Rare. In between Peru and Sweden

    This ongoing project intends to use the concept of 'danger' as a stage of vulnerabilization that could help cut distances between different individuals in different socio geographic contexts. Each one of the six artists made use of different art mediums to emphasize the problematic of communication and in order to approach the concept from all the sides possible.

    Press text for the first part of the exhibition that took place at Konstfack Galleri in Stockholm froOctober 7th until October 17th. The second part will take place in Lima, Peru at the Cultral Centre of the ENSABAP in October 2011:

    Medium Rare. Part1. Stockholm, 2009

     

    This exhibition is the result of the recorded process of six artists from Stockholm (Sweden) and Lima (Peru) working respectively on the theme of "danger" each one with different techniques and approaches.
    The image we have about other groups of people outside our own context is usually filled with filters and stereotypes that keep us protected on the other side of the glass / monitor. When facing a situation of imminent  or tangible danger, a human being, vulnerable and helpless, gets rid of social and cultural boundaries and responds similarly even under divergent circumstances.

    Danger, as the intimate and personal fear of losing control as well as potential for creativity is expressed in the detailed artisan processing of the jewels of Lisa Björke; versus the schematic nature of Claudia Perez´s painting that proposes danger as the stimulant for a “free fall” where fear becomes a rugged but systematic abandonment.
    Angelica Chavez explores, with a series of intervened photos, the crushing monster of everyday life that stalks our individuality, our goals; in contrast, the ritual vase in glass lined with silver sheets of Nina Westman explores the safety and trust in a heavenly or political system, maybe distant and gloomy but-with great faith-infallible. The vivid against the intangible danger.
    The connectivity of which we depend for existence and also the fragile mediums that support it are explored by the virtual piece of Paola Torres and her use of technical equipment to (over)stimulate human tendencies and the need to expose or to sneak. By embroidery work on water-soluble material, Eva Jakovits explores the social and symbolic quality of laces (bonds).
      The process began with the call of the organizations FIAN (FoodFirst Information & Action Network) and SAL (Solidarity Sweden-America) America for a project parallel to "Foro Latino" (Inspiration Latinamerika) to extend the discussion of the major issues in this event, such as the importance of media and culture as creators of images of hunger, needs and poverty.
    The communication between artists, curator and organizations involved in the realization of this project began earlier this year and the execution of works developed from May until early September. In this process the communication between the artists was limited in order to explore an individual approach to the subject avoiding like this the formation of two separated (regionally) groups. In the end, despite the formal differences, a punctual connection can be seen among all the works
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    Catalog designer: Ami Izaki http://www.amiizaki.com izakiami@gmail.com

    Thanks to

    FIAN http://www.fian.org 

    Latinamerica-Sweden group http://latinamerikagrupperna.se/

    Embassy of Peru http://www.peruembassy.se/

    Konstfack College of Arts, Crafts and Design http://www.konstfack.se/

    R. Mercado/curator

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    • 3 April 2011
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    (ENG)
    Rossana Mercado Rojas (b. 1982, Lima) is an artist and curator. She has been developing projects with Peruvian and European artists to investigate translation forms, (re)creating hybrid contexts generating dialogue between dissimilar societies—stretching curatorial and artistic roles. For her M.A. thesis, she worked with urban knitting in different socio-geographical circumstances, collaborating with art collectives Stickkontakt (Sweden) and C.H.O.L.O. (Peru). Other projects include: Medium Rare (Sweden, 2009)—in collaboration with Foro Latino, SAL (Latinamerikagrupperna) and FIANSverige—and the curated exhibition “Buitre: de Bulimias y Carroñas” (Lima, 2009). She is currently working on projects in Lima focusing on literature, social science and pedagogy. Mercado holds a B.A. from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in the Arts (2008) and is expecting a M.A. from Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Curatorial Practice (Stockholm).

    (ESP)
    Rossana Mercado Rojas (1982, Lima) artista y curador. Ha desarrollado proyectos con artistas peruanos y europeos para poder investigar nuevas formas de traducción, (re) creación de contextos híbridos, generar diálogo entre diferentes sociedades transgrediendo los roles curador/artista. Para su tesis de maestría, trabajó con el tejido urbano en diferentes circunstancias socio-geográficas en colaboración con los colectivos de arte Stickkontakt (Suecia) y CHOLO (Perú). Otros proyectos incluyen: Medium Rare (Suecia, 2009)-en colaboración con el Foro Latino, SAL (Latinamerikagrupperna) y FIANSverige y su primera muestra individual, auto-curada "Buitre: de Bulimias y Carroñas" (Lima, 2009). Actualmente está trabajando en proyectos en Lima que se centran en la literatura, ciencias sociales, pedagogía y lo interdisciplinario. Mercado tiene un B.A. de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú en Arte (2008) y está esperando una Maestría en práctica curatorial de la Konstfack College (Estocolmo).

  • About Rossana Mercado

    (ENG)
    Rossana Mercado Rojas (b. 1982, Lima) is an artist and curator. She has been developing projects with Peruvian and European artists to investigate translation forms, (re)creating hybrid contexts generating dialogue between dissimilar societies—stretching curatorial and artistic roles. For her M.A. thesis, she worked with urban knitting in different socio-geographical circumstances, collaborating with art collectives Stickkontakt (Sweden) and C.H.O.L.O. (Peru). Other projects include: Medium Rare (Sweden, 2009)—in collaboration with Foro Latino, SAL (Latinamerikagrupperna) and FIANSverige—and the curated exhibition “Buitre: de Bulimias y Carroñas” (Lima, 2009). She is currently working on projects in Lima focusing on literature, social science and pedagogy. Mercado holds a B.A. from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in the Arts (2008) and is expecting a M.A. from Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Curatorial Practice (Stockholm).

    (ESP)
    Rossana Mercado Rojas (1982, Lima) artista y curador. Ha desarrollado proyectos con artistas peruanos y europeos para poder investigar nuevas formas de traducción, (re) creación de contextos híbridos, generar diálogo entre diferentes sociedades transgrediendo los roles curador/artista. Para su tesis de maestría, trabajó con el tejido urbano en diferentes circunstancias socio-geográficas en colaboración con los colectivos de arte Stickkontakt (Suecia) y CHOLO (Perú). Otros proyectos incluyen: Medium Rare (Suecia, 2009)-en colaboración con el Foro Latino, SAL (Latinamerikagrupperna) y FIANSverige y su primera muestra individual, auto-curada "Buitre: de Bulimias y Carroñas" (Lima, 2009). Actualmente está trabajando en proyectos en Lima que se centran en la literatura, ciencias sociales, pedagogía y lo interdisciplinario. Mercado tiene un B.A. de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú en Arte (2008) y está esperando una Maestría en práctica curatorial de la Konstfack College (Estocolmo).

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