Flowing Like Waterfalls — Credits: Flowing like waterfalls. Queer Earth and Liquid Matters, part of Serpentine’s Back to Earth project, 16-17 July 2022, Stone Nest. Photo by Talie Rose Eigeland. Courtesy of the artist and Serpentine

Seba Calfuqueo

(Santiago, Chile)

Flowing Like Waterfalls

Seba Calfuqueo: Alka domo & Flowing Like Waterfalls is curated by Christian Viveros-Fauné and organized by Converge 45 and its institutional partners as part of its 2023 citywide exhibition Social Forms: Art As Global Citizenship.

Program Details

Alka domo
Dates: August 24 - September 24, 2023⁠⁠
Opening: August 26, 12:00-4:00 pm
Gallery Hours: 12:00 – 6:00 pm Thursday and Friday / 12:00 – 4:00 pm Saturday and Sunday

Flowing Like Waterfalls
Performance: August 26, 3:30 pm

Seba Calfuqueo with Malcolm Peacock, Vo Vo, and moderator Derek Franklin
Panel Discussion: August 29 at 6:00 pm

ACCESS

PICA’s main space is on the ground floor and is accessible to those with mobility aids. ADA-accessible, gender-neutral restrooms and a water cooler are located inside. If you have questions about accessibility, you can contact us at boxoffice@pica.org or call 503-224-PICA. This is a short performance in the round that does not have formal seating. If you would like seating accommodations, please reach out to a PICA staff member on-site.

DESCRIPTION

In addition to major video installation, Alka domo — on view at PICA August 24 through September 24, 2023 — Seba Calfuqueo will present Flowing Like Waterfalls (2022-2023) in PICA's Annex on August 26 at 3:30 pm. Flowing Like Waterfalls is a 20-minute performance that approaches the power of water's fluidity as a means to explore the body, gender, sexuality, and the relationship of water with life, forests, and ecosystems.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Seba Calfuqueo are from Mapuche origin. Their work appeals to their inheritance to propose a critical reflection on the social, cultural, and political status of the Mapuche subject in contemporary Chilean society and Latin America. It includes installations, ceramics, performances, and video art that explore cultural similarities, differences, and the stereotypes produced by the cross between Indigenous and Western ways of thinking. Their research also aims to make visible feminist and sexual dissidence issues. Seba Calfuqueo is part of the Mapuche collective Rangi￱tulewf, which edits YeneRevista, an online magazine of art, thought, and writing in Wallmapu and AbyaYala language.