Repair Process
As part of the seminar “Forms of Resistance,” coordinated by Christian Joschke
With the Moss collective, the 2022 recipients of the Institute's Fellowship, and Estefania Peñafiel Loaiza, artist.
Whether discreet, individual, or—on the contrary—coordinated by more or less radical projects to transform the world, acts of resistance no longer aim for a perfect, orderly world—one conceived ex nihilo in its social and material organization—but instead implement new ways of life in the shadow of political and financial powers, developing counter-hegemonic strategies to do so. The struggles for the climate, for women’s rights, for LGBTQIA+ rights, and for communities threatened by the destruction of their living environments are organizing, taking shape, and gaining visibility through resistance against the processes that threaten them.
Consequently, the role of contemporary creation—however essential it may be—is no longer to present a utopian vision of the future, but to act in the present to transform the world through resistance, the dissemination of imaginaries, and networked action. In social struggles, images in the broadest sense—photography and the visual arts, performances, stage productions, and film—play a part in the movement.
See you on Wednesday, December 14 with Collective moss and Estefania Peñafiel Loaiza .
Moss Collective
Moss is a curatorial collective founded by Lotte Egtberts, Elisa Maupas, Lucie Ménard, and Anna Stoppa in 2019. Drawing on the complementary nature of their backgrounds (curators, artist, scientist, outreach specialist, art historian) and their diverse professional experiences, they collaborate in an organic and horizontal manner, viewing the exhibition as a playground. They are currently engaged in a research project titled Deal with It – Aesthetics of Repair supported by the Institute.
Estefania Peñafiel Loaiza
Estefania Peñafiel Loaiza was born in 1978 in Quito, Ecuador; she lives and works in Paris, France. A graduate of the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, she was part of the “La Seine” research program at the ENSBA in Paris and participated in the postgraduate program at the ENSBA in Lyon. Her artistic work has been featured in numerous exhibitions in Europe and around the world. She is a resident artist at the Académie de France in Rome—Villa Medici—for the 2020–2021 residency.