City Pulse
Artists in dialogue

To close the May-June residency period, we presented the work of our residents at the ´ace studio. This exhibition brought together five artists (two working as a collective and one artist invited as part of the exhibition programme Semillero 2023) who, through their work, explored the tensions and complexities of our contemporary existence, who have immersed themselves in the pulse of the city, drawing from its urban landscape, its waste, and its sounds, materials and inspirations for their work.

Thomas Macie (USA) invites us to see the beauty in the discarded and the broken. Through his process of collecting waste and torn posters from the streets of Buenos Aires, he challenges the aesthetic value of what we consider useless. His work confronts us with our own craving for consumption and the transience of the satisfaction we seek in the material. He questions whether it is possible to find solace in what is abandoned, transforming rubbish into a mirror of our insatiable desires.

Through their piece ciclos, the collective formed by Sofía Fernández Díaz and Sofía Gabriel (Mexico-USA) creates a live performance that connects the public with the flow of improvisation and ancestral traditions. Using natural materials and handmade tools, their work is a celebration of femininity, life and change. The gestures and materials, from Grana Cochinilla to rusted metals, form an ode to the moon, highlighting the processes and cycles of nature.

María Villanueva (Argentina) uses the metaphor of the human body as a microcosm to explore internal systems and their reflection on the outside. Through ceramics, textiles and paintings, she creates an Atlas of the Body, a cartography that reveals human landscapes and desolate territories. Her work is a practice of healing and reflection, where the hidden becomes visible and the internal is projected outwards.

Lis Sundberg explores sound as a universal language that unites stories, emotions and traditions. Inspired by experiences in Berlin, China and her Quaker roots, her work is an invitation for audience participation to create a collaborative soundscape. In this piece, sound becomes a medium to explore solidarity and interconnectedness, building networks of roots that amplify the stories of all.

In addition, we present to the public the mural by Marian Calle (Argentina), artist in residence Palimpsesto de Pintura Mural thanks to a grant from Fundación´ace.

Together, these works invite the audience to reflect on the interconnectedness of our human experiences, the beauty in the everyday and the discarded, and the constant search for meaning in an ever-changing world. This exhibition is a celebration of the diversity of perspectives and a call to question what we take for granted, opening up space for new ways of seeing and hearing our surroundings.