Artistic Residency at Curtidos BCN

^{She is not a Resident. The Rite and the Sacred}

^{Art Residency at Curtidas Art Space, Barcelona}
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^{She is not a Resident was born with a unique format: Carolina travels to
Vietnam as an Artist Non-Resident of Curtidas, Art Gallery based in Barcelona, Spain. Her work is not
produced physically at the place of artistic residence, but at a
distance. As her route through distant lands progresses, Curtidas makes what she shares physical and palpable - videos, photos
and audios - playing it in their cabinets.} ^{This communication
creates a bridge that shortens the distance between the two
cultures, between that “there” and this “here”: two mental
spaces that Carolina, in a trance between them, makes live in her.
The pattern of her journey through Vietnamese nature and culture
is marked by her repeated encounters with the Rite and the
Sacred. The altars that were reproduced -decontextualized- invite
us to reflect on our own symbolic need and are an expression of longing for a tradition that, on this side of the world, has
abandoned us.}