Exhibition, Ofrenda de Día de Muertos, and collective creative session
Opening ‘Future Ancestors’
Thursday, 31 October, 18h
Goethe Institute CDMX
With an opening speech by Beatriz Paz Jiménez and quelites based tidbit by MASA
Artists:
Carolina Castro
Fransisco Toro
Venus Hermeneuta
Ksenia Guerrero
Graciela García
Rosa María Arizmendi Orta
Zoë Heyn-Jones
Beatriz Paz Jiménez
Janina Totzauer
Maria Justus
Pierre-Yves Delannoy
Analía Martínez
Pezi Novi
An Laphan
Paulina Nolte
Bhavani GS
Curators and initiators:
Beatriz Paz Jiménez and Janina Totzauer
Monday, 4 Nov, 10-14h
‘Archaeobotanical drift of Quelites. Chapter 2. Rapport: Colonia Roma’
Session for collective creation in collaboration with artist Leto Delgado (Quelite de Ciudad) and gastronomist Andrea Aquino
Walk with artistic practices such as drift, expanded literature exercise, and quelites refreshments
The meeting point is in front of the Goethe Institute.
Free of charge
Quelites are edible wild greens that supported the evolution of crops native to the ancient region of Mesoamerica. Ancestral Quelites have composted soil and sprouted for thousands of years, marking the agricultural calendar and filling the bellies in Indigenous diets. Their resilient nature meant that no efforts by former colonial rulers to replace them with European crops could prevent their sur- and revival. They thus symbolize an indigenous anti-colonial spirit. Quelites have already lived with and fed our ancestors, and with our mutual help they will continue to feed our children’s children.
They are our Future Ancestors.
On October 31st, the artists and researchers Beatriz Paz Jiménez and Janina Totzauer invite you to the opening of a very special exhibition „Ancestros del Futuro“ at the Goethe Institute in Mexico City. Artworks by 16 international visual artists and an artistic Ofrenda de Día de Muertos pay tribute to our beloved ancestors. By creating a collaborative exhibition, we want to rethink ancestry collectively, across borders, out of love and care, while mourning and re-signifying the kind of world we shape with our mouths and guts. We invite everyone to taste an assortment of Quelites and other native ingredients. Come and join the circle of life, from our ancestors to the future.
The exhibition will run from 1 to 19 Nov 2024
Mon – Fri, 9-18:30h
Admission to the exhibition is free.
More: goethe.de
Picture by Graciela García
