BotanicÁrte
Art and Public Policy alum Juan Pablo Caicedo and Gina Goico are part of the BotanicÁrte exhibition to be hosted at Taller Boricua in New York. Join them and their collaborators for the opening on 8 March 2024.
Repost from @jp_kycto on Instagram:
"I’m happy to invite you to the opening of the
BotanicÁrte exhibition on March 8 at 6 PM! Celebrating the profound connection between art and healing, BotanicÁrte explores the role of artists as healers, showcasing their unique contributions to integrative wellness and activism. The exhibition features Liana Curatorial Research Collective (Juan Pablo Caicedo, Giselly Mejía, and Angélica Cuevas), Gina Goico, and Misla. Each artist will be doing a site-specific installation, presenting their work in a holistic approach to healing through the arts, some are taking direct inspiration from indigenous traditions, and others are referencing their context, histories, and practice.
With Liana, a curatorial research collective that explores healing through the arts as a process that bridges human, plant, and spiritual realms we will present “Coca Worlds”, addressing the traditional healing properties of the coca plant for indigenous communities in Latin America, as well as its historical misuse and destructive effects of colonial appropriation and manipulation. Liana will bring to the space the work of Colombian artists Édinson Quiñones (1982), Anyi Ballesteros (1988), and the Colombian-French collective NOMASMETAFORAS formed by Julian Dupont (1985) and Clara Melniczuk (1991). In dialogue with the plant, the artists propose three ways to heal and reimagine the present and the future of our relationship with coca."