Ateliers
Artistic Residency Program in Bogotá
Taller Álvaro Cabrejo
Álvaro Cabrejo
Textile, painting, installation, drawing, and printmaking
This atelier primarily operates as an archive, repository, and/or collection (both documentary and fictional) of materials and devices that produce or have been part of Álvaro's artistic practice. The space adapts according to the needs of each project, meaning it can be transformed in a makeshift manner (constructed with whatever is at hand) according to the requirements expressed by each project. It has served as an experimental laboratory for both classical and unprecedented techniques in painting, graphics, and installation, as well as a recording studio for sound and video. It is located on the fourth floor of a residential neighborhood house, adjacent to a micro-artisanal factory of traditional sweets. Situated in the southwest of Bogotá in the La Libertad neighborhood (Bosa), a working-class and peripheral area that provides access to a variety of raw materials such as woods, metals, plastics, glass, among other construction materials; ateliers for welding, mechanics, tailoring, etc.
Facilities
Dimensions: 300 cm wide X 340 cm deep X 280 cm high Located on the 4th floor Window of 260 cm wide x 160 cm high facing east (direct and strong morning sunlight) 3 steel shelves and one built-in wall shelf, other work and storage elements can vary in location if required Private bathroom External storage space adjacent to the workshop measuring 200 cm wide x 180 cm deep x 300 cm high (located on the same floor as the workshop and used for storing own work, editorial prints, materials, and infrequently used electronic equipment)
Schedule
Monday to Friday from 10 am to 5 pm.
Artists in the space
Álvaro Cabrejo Torres es un artista colombiano que desarrolla su práctica artística en hibridaciones transmedia de vídeo, performance, instalación, gráfica, construcción de indumentarias y producción editorial. Allí, plantea formas de apropiación crítica de metodologías de la arqueología experimental, la historiografía y la imagen en movimiento para conformar un hacer-pensar plástico. Esto se cruza con una exploración de los límites entre lo documental y lo ficcional; lo factico y lo imaginario; el registro y la contemplación, en un planteamiento gramatical que llama “interficción”. Proponiendo actos de reconocimiento, re-creación y refundación en operaciones poiéticas fundamentadas en nociones expandidas de montaje y performatividad.
Ha realizado exposiciones, proyecciones, intervenciones en espacio público y participado del LEP de la Fundación Cultural Waja desde 2015. Entre estos destacan: “INTERFICCIÓN” (2023). Tranquilandia; “Reactor Coloide o Fragua de Trópico” (2023). Galería Espacio Continuo; “Movimientos planetarios, mundos posibles” (2023) . ARTBO | Feria; “XV Salón Nacional de Arte Joven” (2022), “Quiebre Temporal” (2022) y “Días del Futuro Pasado” (2021). Galería Santa Fe; “TAR HOAX” (2020). Barcú, y Residencias Nacionales en Artes Plásticas (El Parche 2020) y (Residencia Cocuyo 2022).