Conquistando y construyendo lo común
allow us to ask questions about the role of the museum in social space and the capacity of art to take part in and make visible different kinds of practices and social actors who are usually excluded. At the same time, it addresses the way in which the idea of shared space or the commons is constructed and defined through a range of social practices and experiences, where this concept appears as a possible horizon. Bringing together research and the construction of political and social networks, Kuluncic’s work highlights the experience of self-organization as a key to urban experience and history. This is an exercise in exploring social alternatives that maintain a safe distance from the concealed authoritarianism of the utopianism that frequently plagues the political imagination of the artistic realm.

Curators: Amanda de la Garza, Alejandra Labastida, Ignacio Pla

Participating organizations from Mexico City:

• Asamblea Comunitaria Miravalle
• Calpulli Tecalco A.C., Milpa Alta
• Centro de Reflexión y Acción Laboral (Cereal), A.C.
• Unión de Colonos, Inquilinos y Solicitantes de Vivienda (UCISV) Libertad, A.C., Cananea