Alicia Marván

Art

Auxiliary Constructions

A series of sculptures inspired by aggregate forms found in nature, such as tree rings, crystal formations, and graded landscapes. The work triggers complex stimuli for the viewer/participant, enabling a…

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Parametric Cornucopia

Abstract works using thread, cloth, wire and natural fibers. The exhibition is a celebration of the handmade at a time of heightened industrialization, as a quest to find a more…

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Who Are We

A collaborative exploration of form, light and density. A latex curtain provides a diffused presence of the human body, which gets weighted and deformed as it balances on the edge…

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Knot Garden

Inspired by local landscape and social entanglements, this performative playground uses local abundant materials such as sand and rope. A collaboration with Johannes Zits, created while in residency at Artscape…

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Alegría

Edible sculptures incorporating history and nourishment through a visual-poetic synthesis of literature from the Spanish conquest in Mexico. Extracting symbology about gold and amaranth (two goods that suffered from colonization),…

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Analogous Structures

A site-specific performance amongst Ernesto Neto’s fragrant installation “Mother Body Emotional Densitites, for Alive Temple Time Baby Son”, made of lycra and spices. Concept and direction: Alicia Marván. Development and performance: Jane…

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Zero-crossings

A site-specific performance amongst Richard Serra’s sculptures, commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. In mathematics, a “zero-crossing” is a point where a graph crosses the horizontal axis…

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Incubation

A movement study by Alicia Marván. Performed by Alicia Marván and Margaret Paek. Music by Hans Fjellestad. Presented by Sushi Performance and Visual Art, San Diego CA. Duration: 3 minutes.

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