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Artist Carolina Caycedo shares her latest body of work, “Agua Pesada / Alma’ Althaqil” [“Heavy Water”] (2023) with participants of the “Racial Ecologies” seminar at Brown University. She is introduced by Macarena Gómez-Barris, Timothy C. Forbes and Anne S. Harrison University Professor of Modern Culture and Media and chair of the Department of Modern Culture and Media. Included in the 15th Sharjah Biennial, “Agua Pesada / Alma’ Althaqil” is inspired by the aludeles (bottomless-pot furnaces) of the Almadén mercury mines in Spain, the largest and most prolific mercury concentration in the world. Caycedo explores humankind’s intensive relationship with minerals and metals across geographies and time periods, from the historical extraction of mercury in Europe used for processing precious metals in the Americas, to the renewed interest in certain minerals needed in transitional energy technologies, and their extractive projection into the future. “Agua Pesada / Alma’ Althaqil” features 160 replicas of aludeles arranged in rows atop a V-shaped platform that the audience can walk through. Painted Arabic and Spanish calligraphy inscribed on the furnaces relays the origin of the Spanish word “azogue” [mercury], which has its roots in Arabic, as well as the history of mercury from its early extraction in the Almadén mines to the recent Minamata Convention. These sculptures are complemented by drawings, objects and amulets responding to the history of mineral extraction and a single-channel video, “Fuel to Fire” (2023) highlighting the materiality of minerals needed for energy transition. Carolina Caycedo (1978) is a Colombian, London-born, multidisciplinary artist known for her performances, videos, artist’s books, sculptures, and installations that examine environmental and social issues. Her work contributes to the construction of environmental historical memory as a fundamental element for non-repetition of violence against human and nonhuman entities. She is currently a nominee for the Artes Mundi 10 prize in Wales. She lives and works in Los Angeles. 00:00:00 Introduction by Macarena Gómez-Barris 00:02:42 Prefatory remarks 00:07:08 “Agua Pesada / Alma’ Althaqil,” a creative response to resource extraction 00:29:00 “Fuel to Fire” video 00:42:03 The artists as alchemist | Q&A 00:46:44 Recent political developments | Q&A 00:50:04 The materiality of the art | Q&A 00:54:00 The imagery of hands | Q&A 00:57:05 Final remarks | Q&A Presented by the Brown Arts Institute and the Cogut Institute’s Initiative for Environmental Humanities at Brown.

This year, the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference being held in Egypt will focus on Just Transitions. Looking at this through the vital importance of water and rivers, we ask: what are we transitioning towards and is there such a thing as a just transition? We bring a special on-location interview recorded at the ‘Back to Earth’ exhibition in the Serpentine Gallery London, where Colombian multidisciplinary artist Carolina Caycedo presented the project ‘Be Dammed’ together in a conversation with Mary Therese Barton, Equity Partner and Head of Emerging Market Fixed Income at Pictet Asset Management. The discussion covered the wider relationship to water as a society, the role of foreign investment in developing countries, and the value of conferences like COP-27 to tackle these issues. For more information, visit our website : https://group.pictet

This online public program focuses on artists, researchers, designers, and architects whose work makes visible the often invisible infrastructures and systems that are transforming lives and territories across the Americas today. Featuring commissioned films and live conversation, the event presents long-term projects and in-process research, artworks and activism that address the complex post-colonial issues of land use in the twenty-first century, and shares campaigns and designs for a more equitable future. Participants include environmental activists focused on indigenous food sovereignty and water equity; filmmakers and artists interrogating literal and metaphorical mining for digital currencies; and climate leaders with visionary ideas for a geoengineered future. Session 3 "Ecology" includes a panel moderated by scholar and writer Macarena Gomez Barris, with Carolina Caycedo and Elizabeth Hoover. Session topics and speaker information can be found here: https://www.guggenheim.org/initiatives/the-world-around-residency/the-world-around-in-focus-land-program-information This event is part of The World Around's yearlong residency at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Learn about The World Around residency here: https://www.guggenheim.org/initiatives/the-world-around-residency

How can communities work together to dismantle oppressive infrastructures which harm our land, air and rivers?

At the Orange County Museum of Art, L.A. artist Carolina Caycedo fills galleries with water images. At the Huntington Library, her video apparitions haunt the halls. And recently at the Chicago Architecture Biennial, Caycedo explored the destructive nature of dams.

Carolina Caycedo draws one of the structuring principles of her multifarious work—flow—from the river ecologies to which she devotes investigative, affective, and political care. Organized by Carla Acevedo-Yates, the mid-career…

In Indigenous cosmogonies of the Americas, all bodies of waters are connected. Rivers are the veins of the planet, their waters associate communities and ecosystems. Carolina Caycedo's Creative Capital project, "Be Dammed," investigates the effects that large dams have on natural and social landscapes in several American bio-regions. Read more: http://creative-capital.org/projects/view/821

Carolina Caycedo Centers Social and Environmental Justice Conversation Around Care.

Learn more about Carolina Caycedo and her artistic process in this video created for the exhibition for the exhibition "Carolina Caycedo: From the Bottom of the River." Caycedo explains the role that research plays in her work and discusses the importance of rethinking our relationship to land and water. Obtenga más información sobre Carolina Caycedo y su proceso artístico en este video creado para la exposición "Carolina Caycedo: Desde el fondo del río." Caycedo explica el rol que ocupa la investigación en su obra y habla sobre la importancia de repensar nuestra relación con el territorio y el agua. Subscribe for more MCA videos! Carolina Caycedo: From the Bottom of the River: https://mcachicago.org/Exhibitions/2020/Carolina-Caycedo –––––– Twitter https://www.twitter.com/mcachicago/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mcachicago/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mcachicago/ On the web https://www.mcachicago.org Produced by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 2021

As viewers enter Carolina Caycedo’s solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago, they are greeted by a sculptural ofrenda, or offering, that suspends in absolute stillness from the ceiling. Composed of vibrantly colored fishing nets that stack to form a conical-shaped tent or skirt, the sculpture Limen (2019) welcomes viewers with the scent of fresh flowers that hang almost at their feet. Reminiscent of the Mexican marigolds seen in Día de los Muertos altars, red,...

Marilyn and Larry Fields Curator Carla Acevedo-Yates leads a video tour of "Carolina Caycedo: From the Bottom of the River," a survey of the last 10 years of the artist's practice. See artworks that demonstrate Caycedo's work across mediums and hear the stories behind these pieces. Hear from the artist in this interview video: https://mcachicago.org/Publications/Video/2021/Carolina-Caycedo Explore more stories about these artworks: https://mcachicago.org/Publications/Audio/2020/Carolina-Caycedo-From-The-Bottom-Of-The-River-Virtual-Gallery More on the exhibition: https://mcachicago.org/Exhibitions/2020/Carolina-Caycedo Subscribe for more MCA videos! –––––– Twitter https://www.twitter.com/mcachicago/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mcachicago/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mcachicago/ On the web https://www.mcachicago.org Produced by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 2021

As part of COP26 - United Nations Climate Change Conference 2021, artist Carolina Caycedo was interviewed by British journalist Rosie Boycott 
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