Carola Etche - (Argentina)
Ohasámava Hapykuere
SYNOPSIS
Ohasámava Hapykuere (traces of the past)
It inquires about rethinking the body and the footprint we leave in this world. Trying to provoke an approach to the reason of our existence. This work arises from the research and experimentation I did in Asuncion, Paraguay where I smeared my body with wet red earth several times. Observe how when the material dried on the skin, it cracked, generating tightness and even some pain that mimics scarring. It generated like an extra layer of skin that protected me from everything around me. In this search to find new sensations I understood that the action of generating traces using my body as a stamp on different surfaces resembles the photographic universe. Since the different traces that I generate become an analogical and/or handmade record of the actions that I carry out, leaving in evidence the physical and emotional transformation that the body undergoes with the passing of time.
BIO
Carola Etche is a visual artist trained in photography and film (Universidad del Cine, Buenos Aires, Argentina), currently residing in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She trained in different fields of photography: in Spain and Argentina. In 2023 she received the Goethe-Zentrum/ICPA scholarship for the Las Aguadas Residency, Asunción Paraguay. In 2022 she took part in the HANGAR residency in Lisbon Portugal, in the experimental photo festival (analog photography) Barcelona (2022) and in the online micro-residency program FotocreativaBa coordinated by Natheim. In 2021, the FNA (Fondo Nacional de las Artes) grant her a training scholarship. In 2020, she was part of the MANGLAR Visual Arts Analysis and Production Program at Acéfala Gallery, coordinated by Andrés Labake, and of the FlussLab 2020 micro-residency program. She has been selected in contests, grants and independent projects among which stand out: Video Savotage; PRODANZA Award (2020), selection festival Flickfair L.A, California (2020); International Video Dance Festival ̈Clandestinas ̈ (Neumann producoes) Sao Paulo, Brazil (2020); International Festival IMARP – Mostra Internacional de dança – Imagens em Movimento Sao Paulo, Brazil (2020) , Video Cápside selection Festival videoarte ̈El Almacén de las Artes ̈ Astillero,Spain (2021) , participation and exhibition in the 4th edition of the Caballero Juventus Curatorial Program with curator Cecilia Medina (2018), third prize in Photography at the San Nicolás Art Biennial (2016), and two special mentions in the FotoRevista International Photography Competition (2015 and 2018). Since 2015 she participated in group exhibitions such as: Azulay Gallery 2023, La Colmena Estudios 2023, Acéfala Gallery 2020, BAAEX 2019, University of Belgrano 2017 and San Nicolás Art Biennial 2016, Buddha Art Gallery 2016, among others. Her photographs have been published in the Jpg Book of emerging photographers of Madrid, the Living Magazine of La Nación Newspaper, Las Rosas Magazine, BK Mag Magazine, Percha Mag Magazine, Briki Magazine (Mexico).
NETWORKS
Fecha
2023
Lugar
Asunción, Paraguay
Performer, cámara y edición
Carola Etche
