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Alegría (redux)

An edible installation incorporating history and nourishment through a visual-poetic synthesis of literature from the Spanish conquest of Mexico; extracting symbology about gold and amaranth (two goods that suffered from colonization). Premiered in 2012 as a co-production by Stroom Den Haag (Holland) and the Rivas Mercado Foundation (Mexico).

Exhibiting artists / ateliers

• Alicia Marván

, Mexico
Additional information: Alicia Marván is an artist dedicated to interdisciplinary practices. Central to her practice is a heightened awareness of human behavior and the interconnectedness between living and non-living matter. She creates art that can be experienced, touched, eaten, worn or inhabited, triggering sensorial reactions in the observer/participant.