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Florencia Sosa Rey, Sources and Resources, 2024, Agrégat (Longueuil) © Photo: document original
Participative activation with artiste
Florencia Sosa Rey
December 3, 2024 - 5:30pm
Free, Registrations at rsvp@sbcgallery.ca (15 places)
Event in English and French
Drawing on excerpts from Gloria Anzaldúa and José Esteban Muñoz, Florencia Sosa Rey invites us to explore the possibilities of collective creation. Through the development of a textile installation, the artist will engage with considerations in drawing and action, translating hybrid and even contradictory modes of identification in order to create a world.
This event is part of the program Writing With the Body
Initiated and organized by Marcela Borquez, Renata Cervetto and Carla Rangel, Writing With the Body is a one-month public program running at the SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art from November 19 to December 14, 2024. Conceived as a collective learning space, the program will include the intensive workshop, as well as rounds tables, screenings, activations, and activities open to everyone. Contributions by artists Verena Melgarejo, Amanda Gutiérrez, Florencia Sosa Rey, Colectiva Polea, amongst others, will foster a deeper exploration of Anzaldúa’s work and legacy. The public program has been put together in partnership with Artenso (Research and Innovation Centre for Art and Social Engagement), LabARD (Arts Research Laboratory in Decoloniality of UQAM), centre Turbine, OMEC-INRS (Observatory of Cultural Mediations) and DARE-DARE.
PARTICIPANTS
Performance documentation, Comment rester, 2024, Fonderie Darling, Montréal. Photo: Philippe Latour
Florencia Sosa Rey is an artist based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal, using abstract drawing and performance to explore the sociocultural history of her body. She is interested in memory, affect, and identity hybridization, focusing on the transmission of knowledge and relationships. Her work has been presented in Montreal, Toronto, the United States, Iceland, and Argentina. In 2022, she performed FatherDaughter, and in 2023, she held her first solo exhibition, In Search of Breathful Intimacies. She is involved in various community organizations and holds a Bachelor's degree in Studio Arts from Concordia University.