Thank you to all who attended our studio visit with the thoughtful and prolific interdisciplinary artist Sofía Córdova. It was a rare opportunity to witness the artist in their sacred space and contemplate their recent works on revolutions--real and imagined. The First Chapter in the series, ‘GUILLOTINÆWannaCry Yellow: Break Room’ considers revolution historically and ponders its often messy, indeterminate and non-linear relation to time, space and personality.
The Second Chapter: ‘GUILLOTINÆWannaCry Act Green: Sauvage, Savage, Salvaje’ (recently commissioned by Tufts University Gallery), presents an immersive, futuristic environment of speculative climate devastation. The work draws upon ancestral traditions of body scanning, tending to the earth, and revolutionary organizing by Black and Indigenous peoples from within the land itself, from land that may or may not be known. Thank you for this deeply thought-provoking and timely conversation, Sofía!
