ExhibitionMay 16, 2022
MoMA announces projects: Carolina Caycedo and David de Rozas
The Museum of Modern Art announces Projects: Carolina Caycedo and David de Rozas, on view in the Museum’s street-level gallery from June 18, 2022, through January 2, 2023. The multimedia works featured in this exhibition explore the complex histories and cultures present in the territory of Somi S’ek, the lands of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe commonly known as West Texas. Carolina Caycedo (Colombia, born London, 1978) and David de Rozas (Spain, 1979) foreground the stories and voices—both human and non-human—that shape the landscape and articulate the ways in which they have been historically affected by the built environment—from land privatization to the construction of dams, oil sites, and border walls. Originally commissioned by Ballroom Marfa, these works are the result of a lengthy research process that involved fieldwork in the region, with archival work at the University of Texas in Austin.
A single-channel film called The Teachings of the Hands (2020) will be the focal point of the exhibition. The film recounts the region’s complex histories of colonial and environmental violence by weaving together archival footage, re-enactments, archaeological artifacts, and observations. Accompanying these original works will be four watercolors painted by Forrest and Lula Kirkland. In the 1930s, the Kirklands copied all of the major known ancient pictograph sites in West Texas, motivated by a desire to highlight and conserve their complexity.
Through their research-based, collaborative practice, Carolina Caycedo and David de Rozas underscore the importance of recognizing Indigenous knowledge and leadership in discussions around land. The works in this exhibition challenge the idea of the landscape as a flat and clearly delineated area that can be divided for profit, advocating instead for alternative geographies that center human beings’ connections to their surrounding environment and other species.
For more information visit: www.moma.org
A single-channel film called The Teachings of the Hands (2020) will be the focal point of the exhibition. The film recounts the region’s complex histories of colonial and environmental violence by weaving together archival footage, re-enactments, archaeological artifacts, and observations. Accompanying these original works will be four watercolors painted by Forrest and Lula Kirkland. In the 1930s, the Kirklands copied all of the major known ancient pictograph sites in West Texas, motivated by a desire to highlight and conserve their complexity.
Through their research-based, collaborative practice, Carolina Caycedo and David de Rozas underscore the importance of recognizing Indigenous knowledge and leadership in discussions around land. The works in this exhibition challenge the idea of the landscape as a flat and clearly delineated area that can be divided for profit, advocating instead for alternative geographies that center human beings’ connections to their surrounding environment and other species.
For more information visit: www.moma.org
