Colombia

MAZENETT QUIROGA

Germany

Berlin

LAGE EGAL CURATORIAL PROJECTS

Painting

Untitled – From the series Devouring fire

MAZENETT QUIROGA – NIGHT VISION

In the framework of the BERLIN ART PRIZE 2022

LAGE EGAL [PROJECT SPACE KIMGO] / John-Schehr-Straße 1, 10407 Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg

Opening: Thursday, 01.09 2022, 6—9pm / Duration: 02.09 — 14.10 2022 / Opening hours: FRI — SUN, 3—7pm 

NightVision intensifies the mythical time/landscape, i.e. the time of origin, the time when there was still no differentiation, when there were still no (ontological) boundaries between humans and animals, when everyone was (gente) people.

The show presents works by artist duo MAZENETT QUIROGA that explore atmospheres, scent, humidity, twilight, hybridization, and the entanglements between the organic and the industrial. The title itself alludes to encounters which shape our knowledges, interconnections of all life forms, reinterpreted between animal/biological origin and mechanical technologies.  

Revealing the ancient existence of the forest, the sensory space of the exhibition is a portal into the mythological darkness and mysterious alliances.




*** NightVision has been made possible thanks to Gonzalo Angarita (Producer).

*** Lina Mazenett & David Quiroga have been working as a collaborative duo since 2014. Combining the Western scientific disciplines of geology, astronomy, and economy, as well as cosmological, ritual, and social knowledge, Mazenett Quiroga assert the equal importance of Indigenous knowledge systems alongside Western science in understanding the complexities of the world around us. Recent shows include We are History, Somerset House London (2021–22), Consanguinity, Unfinished Camp, The Shed (2021), Pivô, São Paulo (2020), Goodman Gallery, Cape Town (2020) and Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon (2019). Upcoming projects include the 13th Mercosul Biennial in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and a Sculpture Space funded residency in New York (2023). 

*** After two years of pandemic pause, the experimental, solidarity-based, independent Berlin Art Prize is back to ask: what does contemporary art in Berlin have to say? The Berlin Art Prize concept is simple yet singular – all Berlin-based artists are invited to apply. A five-member jury selects nine nominees according to an nearly anonymous process. The nine artist nominees are each invited to present a solo exhibition in one of nine project spaces, making the Berlin Art Prize 2022 once again a major collaborative project.

NIGHT VISION

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