MULTIVERSE
Artists:
Ivonne Villamil
Laura Ceballos
Luz Lizarazo
Karen Aune
William Marín
David Quiroga & Lina Mazenett
Juan Cortés
Lorena Ortiz
Gabriel Zea
Víctor David Garcés
Natalia López (La Reina)
David Peña
Nicolás Cárdenas
Eduard Moreno
Juan José García
Johanna Arenas
Carolina Villegas
Larry Muñoz
Akiko Kumazawa
Carlos Velásquez
Andrés Moreno Hoffmann
Curator: John Ángel Rodríguez
This project has as its conceptual core the “Multiverse” theory, which proposes the existence of multiple universes. Understood among other hypotheses of the coexistence of different dimensions, contemporary theoretical physicists are studying this possibility based on different theories such as string theory, expansion theory, and the investigation of dark matter and dark energy. These ideas are transcendent because they will change how we understand the geometry of the universe and the way our civilization has structured intellectual thinking.
The artists invited to this exhibition project are addressing a varied range of aspects surrounding the topic of multidimensionality. For instance, some of them focus on the invisibility of physical phenomena, while others explore complex ways of subverting the properties of the materials with which they create their works. In other cases, artists investigate parallel universes unearthed in microscopic dimensions or internal universes, allowing those imperceptible realities to appear through a meticulous juxtaposition of uncanny fragments. For this reason, the whole exhibition is conceived as an installation featuring a set of new artworks.
The diverse pieces collected here are not meant to be an illustration of the texts that have been shared with the participating artists; rather, they are a platform of inquiry to acquaint the spectators with some of the fundamental aspects of these scientific speculations. In this way, the technoscientific study that emerged from the intersections with art proposes a methodological antecedent, which aims to place a doubt before the political models established in our contemporary societies. Nevertheless, this referential action does not imply an exact and interpretative rendering of the scientific text in visual terms. The works presented by the artists in Multiverse rearrange these terms without necessarily finding a continuous reference to their external materialization. A central idea of the exhibition is to generate responses and considerations from the audience, striving for new interpretations regarding these scientific theories.