natalia calderon

The project Torres MX consisted in playing sound recordings of pipes, drains, heaters, etc., in the ventilation ducts of the Torres de Mixcoac buildings in Mexico City. In this way the recorded sounds were transmitted for one apartment to another, as to evidencing the coexistence between neighbors, which sometimes is foreshadowed by daily life.

2011-09-07T22:01:00.004+02:00

Born in Mexico City, 1984. After graduating from the National School of Plastic Arts, UNAM in Mexico having a BA in Visual Arts, she received an MA degree on Fine Arts from the Utrecht School of the Arts in the Netherlands. Her work is focused on public space, intervention and drawing, at the same time that looks for links between art education, artistic research and contemporary productions. Natalia has been invited to present her work at various international institutions like the Museum of Art San Diego, 2011 and Kunstvlaai Art Fair in Amsterdam, 2010. She currently teaches at the Graduate Program in Visual Arts, ENAP-UNAM.

Artistic Research

This investigation begins with the idea that people show themselves not only in the private spaces -indoors-, but also in the streets –outdoors-. By showing themselves on their everyday activities, people leave a trace or mark the city in a personal way. Their acts can be seen through personal objects with which they live closely.
We mark objects or spaces in the action of making them ours. Belonging is imprinting ourselves in space. Belonging is a two ways concept, at the time you imprint yourself, your folds or tissues, over outside space, this space marks you as well.
Spaces cannot hide what has happen over them. Every pathway, every action leaves a mark, a scar. Order tries to hide these documents, city's memories. Order tries to maintain always the same place; tries to prevent unsuspected confrontations. But the public space and the public sphere are alive. They change, have memory, and show it.

cg.natalia@gmail.com

Rotterdam Dialogues

2011-09-06T20:24:00.006+02:00

maHKUzine #8

2011-09-06T20:21:00.009+02:00

maHKUzine #8 .pdf

Interartive.26

2011-09-06T20:07:00.010+02:00

interartive.26 november 2010

Naturalezas Muertas

2011-09-06T19:28:00.008+02:00

Tracing Passers By: San Diego, 2011

2011-08-07T20:41:00.090+02:00

'Tracing Passers By' was first performed at Utrecht in 2009. In 2011 the project was shortlisted for the Summer Salon Series 2011 of the San Diego Museum of Art, being performed at the Balboa Park and Horton Plaza Shopping center.

Detalles

2010-10-08T21:27:00.006+02:00

Coladeras, 2010

2010-08-25T20:53:00.011+02:00

I made this series in Buenos Aires with the intention of reflecting drawing as representation and documentation. In this series I used the street frotage giving rise to the performative act of drawing. I'm interested in sewers as the visible limits of the city's bowels (sewage) and the urban terrain that every citizen travels continuously. I also like the idea of using them as etching plates, of registering and reproducing its designs.
+ info at interartive (work in progress)

Fractured Territories, 2010

2010-08-11T20:11:00.035+02:00

Project published by the magazine INTERARTIVE in November 2010 exhibited in the artfair Kunstvlaai in May 2010, supported by maHKU

Ciudad Frágil, 2010

2010-02-03T18:05:00.016+01:00

This project cuestions the concept of fragility, as depicted on cracks and pavements of the streets in Mexico City. Draft maps are made in public space where the site aims to inform the construction of such concept.

This project was executed with support from Arte Shock and TV UNAM.

Tracing Passers By: Utrecht, 2009

2009-09-21T18:41:00.014+02:00

During 2 hours, 4 drawers followed the passers-by on a plaza in Utrecht's city center and traced their routes. By drawing the pathway of the people we made visible the use of this urban space and how people move through it. This project was done in collaboration with Noor Mertens.

Imprinting Hoograven, 2009

2009-09-15T07:06:00.052+02:00

Revolving the idea of imprinting, I convinced the neighbors of Het Goylaan building -which was about to be demolished-, to leave their beds unmade as they woke up in the morning, in order to sew up the folds on their bedsheets, evidencing the marks their bodies left in this space.

This installation was shown at the 'Common Site, come inside' exhibiton, as part of the Urban Knowledge DARE 4. The installation piece was constituted of 5 videos screened inside the building (Hoograven, Utrecht) while the sewed up bed sheets were hanged outside. The first bed sheet that was hanged up as a tryout appeared completely burned over night. I decided to include this unforeseen event as it imprinted the place as well the project. see review

Air out your Dirty Laundry, 2009

2009-09-06T19:57:00.075+02:00

By Natalia Calderon & Eun Hyung Kim
The event Air out your dirty laundry took place in Block 58 at 11th of April 2009 and was developed and executed in collaboration with Het Blauwe Huis in Ijburg, Amsterdam.

Mapping

2009-07-08T14:07:00.013+02:00

Mapping over white sheets of paper lead me realize I was ignoring space and context. Through this series I explore the wrinkles and imprints that subjects leave over common objects.

Re-phrasing, 2009

2009-07-08T14:05:00.014+02:00

Rephrasing started with the idea of questioning citizens about their environment, about thing that are taken for granted or considered as "normal", in order to be able to re-formulate situations or spaces. In this work, I used elements that were already laid out on the street, re-organizing them, ie. using them to spell out the word "speel dit", "play it" in Dutch, in order to articulate productive criticism.

Missing Dogs, Missing Otherness, 2009

2009-06-01T16:42:00.014+02:00

By Natalia Calderon & Eun Hyung Kim
Posters of stray dogs were hanged in public spaces during April 2009 on Ijburg. This project was developed and executed in collaboration with Het Blauwe Huis.

Tejido Ambulante, 2007

2009-01-06T21:14:00.013+01:00

Market sacs and embroidery

Deambulando, 2007

2008-12-30T21:19:00.009+01:00

Perros

2008-11-25T21:09:00.006+01:00

Fabric and thread

Wall dreeping, 2006

2008-11-20T09:31:00.004+01:00

Traces

2008-11-19T18:00:00.018+01:00

Cloth blind prints over cotton paper

Fall - Netherlands

2008-11-19T17:59:00.028+01:00

Personal tissues sewn together

Two places

2008-11-19T17:57:00.011+01:00

FC Donderstraat, 2009

2008-10-27T19:48:00.004+01:00

Encuentros, 2008

2008-10-25T21:24:00.010+02:00

Series of photographs of objects or furniture found. This series was used to build the lightboxes of the project 19:30 Marina Nacional in Suéter/ABO project room.

Mandado, 2007

2008-10-24T13:45:00.008+02:00

Stretched shopping bags

Recurriendo, 2007

2008-10-23T21:10:00.008+02:00

Photocopy and ink

Folds, 2008

2008-09-30T11:35:00.012+02:00

Intimacy is full of folds

19:30 Marina Nacional

2008-09-25T21:27:00.016+02:00

Project realized in Suéter/ABO project room. July 2008. It is drawing of a Mexico City map over the walls, and lightboxes. The photos are of objects or furniture found in the streets.

Alumbrado Público, 2008

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Intervención lumínica, 2007

2008-09-25T21:23:00.011+02:00

The action was realized in the metro of Mexico City in the summer of 2007. With an installation of pink light under my skirt, I walked through the metro hallways and cars to surprise people and provoke a reflection on how we all affect and modify the ground we are stepping on.

Veladura, 2007

2008-09-25T21:20:00.005+02:00

Intervention in public space in which accentuate the subtleties that the city has deposited on the drains. By overlaying a layer of translucent red resin, has intensified the small brands that have generated the circumstances of the city.

Prehispanic re-interpretations

2008-09-25T21:16:00.006+02:00

These three works are the result of my participation in the project "Raíces", whose aim was the reinterpretation of the collection of prehispanic pieces of the Museum of Arts and Sciences MUCA.

Perros para quinceañera, 2007

2008-09-24T21:08:00.005+02:00

Digital photo and embroidery on wood

Tránsito Urbano, 2007

2008-09-23T21:07:00.002+02:00

Slides on a shoe

Me topé con la ciudad, 2006

2008-09-22T21:05:00.006+02:00

Ceramics

Toldo sobre tierra, 2006

2008-09-21T21:04:00.002+02:00

Ceramics and polyester resin

Tianguis series, 2006

2007-09-25T20:57:00.009+02:00