A lost city upon a smile, diamonds, and fish among bubbles. Now tattooed on the skin of a unique fashion accessory.
With a live-drawing performance in the intimacy of the studio, I interpreted a story for fashion brand Tally Marks, on - and with - one of their signature harness bags.
Tally Marks’ accessories are made in small editions by artisans in Lebanon and with Italian materials.
Contact me for inquiries about this unique edition .
Performance film by Idoia Felis.
With the (self) portrait “Extension of Self” I have participated in this long-term work by artist Thilo Hoffmann.
The exhibition and vernissage presenting this wonderful publication can be visited during Zurich Art Weekend at LUMA Schwarzescafe, in Löwenbrau, Zurich.
I have received a production grant for the realization of the 6-month project “Weiss und Schwarz, Dinge und Rituale” (White and Black, Things and Rituals) in which I will work with performance and ceramics. The work gravitates around the concepts of togetherness and belonging. In it I will invite a group of migrant Spanish women in Switzerland to share and reinterpret their stories together.
Group exhibition IN TRANSITION
September 5-29, 2020
Curated and organized by 6 1/2 in cooperation with Oxyd, Lokal 14 and us. – previously TART Zürich.
AVA presents the site-specific work Haus der Geschichten (Haus of Stories).
House of Stories invites to remember some of the stories that happened in the old factory building while it was still active. The installation shows 192 cards with the 192 names of the employees who worked in the factory at the time of the closure of the spinning mill in 2014. The artist sent each of the 147 ex-workers still living in Switzerland a personal letter asking them to send back a story about their time in the factory. Each received memory is then interpreted as a drawing.
Some of the drawn stories will be realized as a live performance during the exhibition. Performance drawing days: 5.09 (opening), 12 and 19.09, between 14-18h.
Kurhaus Bergün, 10.02.2019
Rosebud is a new coat hanger designed with old sledge parts by Swiss-based company schnidlersalmerón. With the occasion of its presentation, I will be enacting Rosebud, an act of transferring a large set of clothes from body to body.
Performance #Rosebud for @schindler.salmeron departs from Erwin Wurm’s work Fabio Getting Dressed (Fabio wearing his entire wardrobe), 1992
Photo credits: Kunstmuseum Bern
Second round of L’immortelle du Monde by Robert Filliou.
With Guillaume André, Michel Collet, Baptiste Gaillard, André Eric Létourneau, Stanislas Pili, Klara Schilliger, Emile van Helleputte, Alicia Velázquez, Valentine Verhaegue, Michaela Wendt, Miao Shuye Zhao.
Part of La République Géniale. Curated by: A. Binder, V. Maly, S. Merten, S. Renz, P. Sansano, R. Ziegler.
Production Kunstmuseum Bern and Dampfzentrale Bern.
November 2016
While Making It Together to be featured in 3 upcoming events:
Photo by Tarek J. Waked for AVA (Alicia Velázquez Atelier)
While Making It Together will be part of the large group exhibition Adapt-r.
"This ground-breaking and challenging exhibition is the conclusion of a four-year international research initiative, funded by a major EU grant, and aims to provide rare insights through an extraordinary range of 35 creative practitioners from around the globe." (excerpt from AmbikaP3 announcement, full content here)
Ambika P3, University of Westminster
27 November to 18 December 2016, Daily, 10am – 6pm • Admission: Free
Exhibition Opening Wednesday 23 November 2016 18:30 - 20:30
After an intimate series of making moments with each of my Brussels colleagues at a time, the current sculpture travels to London, where I invite every person part of Adapt-r program to participate in a social performative (and silent) act of wrapping. Together we will wrap the current, chair-sized sculpture, to its temporary home during AmbikaP3 exhibition: a table.
University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road. NW1 5LS
Sunday 27 November, 4.15pm
Right after the plenary session of Practice Research Symposium.
I will be giving my third PhD in-progress presentation in the upcoming Practice Research Symposium. This time my focus will be While Making It Together, one work to be the lens from which to look through my practice.
University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road. NW1 5LS
Saturday 26 November, 9.30am
Thursday 29
With final PUBLIC EVENT between 20-21h
PERFORMANCE is taking place today, Thursday 29th, in
Corner College, 16-21h. Open to the public.
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Wednesday 28, from 12-17h (CET)
Uploaded by Alicia Velazquez on 2016-09-28.
Tuesday 27, from 12-17h (CET)
All photos, and assistance during this piece, taken and performed by Alicia Olmos
One Hair One Purpose in Corner College, curated by Dimitrina Sevova. Corner College Collective are Dimitrina Sevova & Alan Roth.
OHOP concept by Alicia Velázquez + creative collaboration of Tarek J. Waked