The creativity of these Latin American artists The strength of their experiences, the pieces they have made over the years promise different ways of perceiving reality; And before intense globalization, they are able to reflect on their surroundings to sensitize and create their own habitat.
Survival and transformation are fundamental notions to determine the path in which the various lifestyles of Latin America are delineated; For this reason, each piece, each work and each fragment of a culture is integrated into different daily activities. These retain the essence of the author's origin and their own human growth. This collection that is integrated from the pieces of different Latin American artists, evokes a combination of stories that immortalize the origins of each to break with the superficiality of change. These works go beyond practical use and merge with aesthetics to create, from the memory, new stories.
Recovered wood luminaire, palm fabric and rattan, in collaboration with Hiato and Batán workshop.Antonio Mendoza
Acoocooro
Mexico
Directed by Martín Diego Salido-Orcillo, Antonio Mendoza and Jaime Aramburu, Acoocooro's philosophy is based on the investigation of the history and poetics of objects as containers «of historical or imaginary narratives; of ceremonies that will happen when we integrate objects into our lives; of the disciplines and traditions that allow its construction; of the meanings that these objects will acquire when their creators and users have disappeared ”explained the Mexican designers.
Acoocooro usually works artisanal techniquesto which he understands as the mastery in a technique or art. That allows you to address materials such as stone, wood, bronze, resin, lacquer and blown glass, to test the limits of manual and semi -industrial techniques, the final object is the reflection of technical and aesthetic research.
Andrés Monnier proposes the double Illusio mirror, which is part of the antipodes sample, by Galerie Philia.Courtesy of Philia.
Monnier Studio
Mexico
Born in Guadalajara and settled in Ensenada, Andrés Monnier's purpose is to create “sculptural pieces that express through the synergy of art and design”, And that is what has been carrying out since 2017, when he founded his office. For Monnier, objects are tangible ideas, subject interpreted by man to serve a purpose or to communicate something. Interested in organic materials, rock is its main resource. «For many they are a record of the history and trajectory of the universe,» said the designer. «They represent the weight of what we interpret as time.» His pieces, brutal lists and sober, work mostly with chisel and deck, which refer “to an existentialist idea; They invite us to question different structures that we have programmed in the mind. ”