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13/4/2002

Coartadas/Alibis

Witte de With, Rotterdam

The exhibition provides a critical perspective on Mexican society. In response to these developments, artists have organized themselves in new art centers, devoted to political and esthetic explorations. They infiltrate in the status quo, explore possibilities for resistance against existing power structures, and utilize shifting identities to respond to a public space marked by rapid change and shifting social relations.


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Guest-curator: Magali Arriola With: Acamonchi, Francis Alÿs, Montserrat Albores and Mario García Torres, Carlos Amorales, Katya Brailovsky, Miguel Calderón, Célula Arquitectura + Pedro Reyes, Minerva Cuevas, Galia Eibenschutz and Alexis Zabé, Benjamín Escamilla, HCRH, Yoshua Okón, Proyecto Iztapalapa/Chic by Accident, Carlos Ranc, Daniela Rossell, Santiago Sierra, Teresa Serrano. Projects: Pablo León de la Barra, Erick Beltrán.

Coartadas / Alibis provides a critical perspective on Mexican society. Increasing globalization has in recent years sharpened the social and economic contrasts in Mexico. Multinationals have a stranglehold on the national economy, the people suffer under shortages, and some population groups are structurally marginalized. The government fails to provide an answer to these problems. The tension between the traditional political order and the need for social change manifests itself prominently in the megalopolis Mexico City whose inhabitants confront daily uncertainties with various survival strategies.
In response to these developments, artists have organized themselves in new art centers, devoted to political and esthetic explorations. They infiltrate in the status quo, explore possibilities for resistance against existing power structures, and utilize shifting identities to respond to a public space marked by rapid change and shifting social relations.

Coartadas / Alibis was produced in collaboration with the Centre Culturel du Mexique in Paris, France.

For more information: Valentijn Byvanck 010-4110144.

Lectures & events

The Mexican Megalopolis
Sunday April 14, 2002, 3 pm.
Presentations and round table discussion with Magali Arriola, Pablo León de la Barra, Erick Beltrán, Catherine David. Location Witte de With Auditorium; admission free, English spoken. For further information, see 'lectures & events'.

Image: Minerva Cuevas

Witte de With center for contemporary art
Witte de Withstraat 50 3012 BR Rotterdam The Netherlands
opening hours Tuesday through Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. closed on Mondays

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