1.“Luis Rivera Jimenez: A Brief Proposal on Race and Cultural Cosplay”, 2023 ASU Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona. August 19–December 31, 2023.
“Thought of self and thought ofother here become obsolete in their duality. Every Other is a citizen and no longer a barbarian. What is here is open, as much as this there. 1 would be incapable of prqjecting hum one ta the other. This-here is the weave, and it weaves no boundaries. The right to opacity would not establish autism; it would be the real foundation of Relation, in freedoms. “ Copy pasted with digital interpretation errors from pdf copy of Poetics of Relations by Eduard Glissant
-Luis Rivera Jiménez utiliza las complejidades del lenguaje, el pensamiento político y la experiencia cotidiana en el Caribe para crear espacios intencionados de aprendizaje, conversación y cuidado y la experiencia cotidiana en el Caribe para crear espacios intencionados de aprendizaje, conversación y cuidado.
Los objetos escultóricos y las instalaciones del artista plantean cuestiones sobre la dinámica de la raza y la representación.
Su práctica reflexiona y explora los fundamentos de lo que él describe como una
"sociedad digital global", donde se puede rastrear, cartografiar y proliferar una relación entre memoria, imágenes y símbolos.
"Luis Rivera Jiménez: A Brief Proposal on Race and Cultural Cosplay" es la primera exposición individual del artista en un museo donde se presentan nuevas obras creadas por el artista durante su residencia en CALA Alliance a principios de 2023.
Esta instalación interactiva se basa en conversaciones, encuentros y materiales encontrados por el artista durante su estancia en Phoenix. Los objetos y textos de estas dos galerías se basan en la acumulación de diversas herramientas: conversaciones, objetos encontrados, experiencias en contacto con comunidades, contenido digital y materiales físicos y efímeros.
Tomando prestado su título de documentos formalizados sobre la raza, como las Cuatro Declaraciones de la UNESCO sobre la Pregunta de La Raza
(1969), esta exposición explora las relaciones comunitarias con la raza, a menudo con un aire de frivolidad.
El resultado es una serie de objetos y textos que facilitan complicadas conversaciones en torno a la raza,diáspora y representaciones a través de la interacción física y el juego.
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-Luis Rivera Jimenez uses the intricacies of language, political thought, and daily experience in the Caribbean to create intentional spaces of learning, conversation, and care. The artist’s sculptural objects and installations pose questions about the dynamics of race and
representation.
His practice reflects upon and explores the underpinning of what he describes as a
“global digital society,” where a relationship between memory, images, and symbols can be traced,
mapped, and proliferated.
“Luis Rivera Jimenez: A Brief Proposal on Race and Cultural Cosplay'' is the artist’s first solo museum
exhibition, presenting new works that the artist created while in residence at CALA Alliance in early
2023.
This interactive installation is informed by conversations, encounters, and materials found by
the artist during his time in Phoenix. The objects and texts within these two galleries build on the
artist’s accumulation and processing of various tools: discussions, found objects, experiences in contact with communities, digital content, and physical and ephemeral materials.
Borrowing its title from formalized documents on race, such as UNESCO’s Four Statements on the
Race Question (1969), this exhibition explores communal relations to race, often with an air of levity.
The result is a series of objects and texts that facilitate complicated conversations around race, diaspora, and representations through physical interaction and play.
Installation view of Luis Rivera Jimenez: A Brief Proposal on Race and CulturalCosplay. ASU Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona, August 19–December 31, 2023.Photograph courtesy of CALA Alliance © Shaunté Glover