Along with fellow MCAD MFA candidate Camilo Aguirre, we were selected to present our collaborative project, La Buena Vida / The Good Life, at The White Page Gallery in February 2020. The exhibition was up from February 17 to 23, 2020.

Based on the Andean concept of “Buen Vivir” (Good Living), we strive to parallel our experiences in the United States as resident aliens and in Colombia as citizens. Through art, our chosen profession, we are questioning the contemporary normalization of individuals in their societies: How much should an average 30-year-old person have accomplished in the United States or in Colombia?

The outcome of this project was fifteen visual pieces and a zine notebook. At the reception, we discussed what constitutes living a “good life” in the United States of America compared to Colombia, our country of origin. We also invited people to register their insights on the notebooks and leave them as an archive of further dialogues and voices.

Links/Press:

• To see an interview on our collaborative work process, click here.
• Visit the exhibition’s page on the White Page Gallery website here.

Photo by Alejandro Zhang.