This course will introduce students to artistic practices that, throughout the 20th century, have taken shape in contexts connected to the domestic sphere and public space, questioning and rethinking the relationship between the two, as well as the sociocultural framework in which they are inscribed. Performance, happening, urban intervention, dérive, relational art, and the pedagogical turn are fundamental to contemporary artistic practices and to reflecting on the relationship between art and its historical context.
Perhaps the common denominator of these practices—often employing “do-it-yourself” or “guerrilla” techniques and strategies—is their capacity to transcend the traditional roles assigned to the creator and the spectator. By reclaiming the possibilities of the body, of collectivity, of movement and travel, of the “do it yourself” ethos, of the kitchen or horticulture, many artists have sought to step outside the academic and/or elitist sphere traditionally associated with Fine Arts.
This course aims to offer both an advocacy for and a constructive, collective critique of this art, which today occupies a central place in the production of spaces for encounter and action.
Holds a PhD in Arts from the University of São Paulo with her Pequeno tratado sobre arte e magia.
She is an Associate Professor at IE University, Universidad Nebrija, and SUR Escuela (UC3M), as well as a Visiting Professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM).
Her curatorial practice includes solo exhibitions with Eva Lootz (Alcalá 31, Madrid), Huanchaco (Proyecto AMIL, Lima), Clara Carvajal (Centro Párraga, Murcia), Valeria Maculan (OTR, Madrid), Sara Ramo (Alcalá 31, Madrid), and Debora Bolsoni (Drawing Center, Paris). She has recently opened a show at C3A in Córdoba, curated for Cristina Mejías, which will run until the end of October.
She is also a guest curator of the exhibition by Jonathas de Andrade, opening at the Centro Cultural Conde Duque in May 2025.
