David Ayala-Alfonso
Writing / curating / baking. Ecology, politics, and debris.
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MAY 13: Sequences of Hesitation, Part V 🔥🔥🔥
MAY 13: Sequences of Hesitation, Part V 🔥🔥🔥
MAY 13: Sequences of Hesitation, Part V 🔥🔥🔥
Felipe Steinberg, I see you, you see me. Image courtesy of the artist. . “Any attempt to erase memory is always incomplete; it always finds a way to resurface. Remembering is a political act.” — Si…
MAR 30 | Sequences of Hesitation, Part IV
MAR 30 | Sequences of Hesitation, Part IV
Experimental radio school in Sutatenza, Colombia, ca. 1950. Image: UNESCO. “In this so-called age of technicians, the only battles we know how to fight are battles against windmills.” —…
🆕 INTERVIEW: David Ayala-Alfonso on Never Spoken Again - Independent Curators International
🆕 INTERVIEW: David Ayala-Alfonso on Never Spoken Again - Independent Curators International
Never Spoken Again @ the Weisman Art Museum
Never Spoken Again @ the Weisman Art Museum
On a desk of the private study collection of the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, an old stuffed parrot guards a small library and a vast, yet obsolete ornithology collection. An excited young scientist reads a story on the origins of the desiccated animal for the purpose of entertaining a group of visitors: it may have been the last “speaker” of a dead Indigenous language from colonial Venezuela, or a German prince’s precious gift to the naturalist Alexander von Humboldt. There is no clear understanding which of these versions, if any, might be true.
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DEC 15 | Sequences of Hesitation, Part III
DEC 15 | Sequences of Hesitation, Part III
And I discover the world has turned upside down: I walk on water, stepping on clouds, as if levitating in a state of grace
OCT 18 | Sequences of Hesitation, Part II
OCT 18 | Sequences of Hesitation, Part II
Every great creator senses when the work [they] creates is under the threat of extinction.
SEP 15 | Sequences of Hesitation, Part I
SEP 15 | Sequences of Hesitation, Part I
“It is the story that makes the difference.
(ES) A new research platform: Múltiples Metonimias Materiales
(ES) A new research platform: Múltiples Metonimias Materiales
(ES) A new research platform: Múltiples Metonimias Materiales
My participation in One Question Exhibition | KADIST
My participation in One Question Exhibition | KADIST
🗿 NEVER SPOKEN AGAIN 🦜
My traveling exhibition 'NEVER SPOKEN AGAIN´ is on tour until 2026
My traveling exhibition 'NEVER SPOKEN AGAIN´ is on tour until 2026
(EN) Burnaway reviews Never Spoken Again
(EN) Burnaway reviews Never Spoken Again
What would a museum look like if it focused on the fictions of modern history rather than its facts? The Colombian curator, David Ayala-Alfonso, forms an answer.
🔥 (EN) 'Never Spoken Again' at the Fleming Museum Examines Colonialist Roots
🔥 (EN) 'Never Spoken Again' at the Fleming Museum Examines Colonialist Roots
Museums of the so-called Western world are currently engaged in a moment of reckoning. Instead of simply focusing on how rare, unique or masterfully made...
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⚡️ (EN) READ: Interview with Daniel Tucker on my curatorial practice, rituals and iterations ⚡️
⚡️ (EN) READ: Interview with Daniel Tucker on my curatorial practice, rituals and iterations ⚡️
RECENT RELEASE: The American Art Book | – Phaidon
RECENT RELEASE: The American Art Book | – Phaidon
The groundbreaking survey, showcasing 500 of the greatest American artists, now updated in an essential new edition
🌺(ES) Las (Muchas) Vitalidades del Jardín: Las Parcelas Floridas de Aurora Noreña - Artishock 🌾
🌺(ES) Las (Muchas) Vitalidades del Jardín: Las Parcelas Floridas de Aurora Noreña - Artishock 🌾
Texto sobre la obra Parcelas Floridas, de Aurora Noreña, instalada en la terraza de Casa Wabi Sabino en Ciudad de México, en contexto con la exposición Americanas. Diciembre de 2024
(ES) ¿Por qué escribir sobre exposiciones?
(ES) ¿Por qué escribir sobre exposiciones?
Este tipo de títulos-pregunta solía cautivar mi atención cuando comenzaba a explorar literatura anglo-americana sobre arte contemporáneo y estudios visuales, durante mis estudios universitarios. Pa…
RECENT RELEASE: Vitamin V | Phaidon
RECENT RELEASE: Vitamin V | Phaidon
The most comprehensive survey to date of contemporary video and moving-image art from the last decade
(EN) Lapsed Journeys of Artifacts: a conversation on Gala Porras-Kim @ MUAC
(EN) Lapsed Journeys of Artifacts: a conversation on Gala Porras-Kim @ MUAC
The University Museum of Contemporary Art MUAC in Mexico City recently presented Between lapses of histories, an exhibition on the works of LA-based artist Gala Porras-Kim. Due to my long-standing …
Wrote a CHAPTER FOR: Theorizing Heritage through Non-Violent Resistance
Wrote a CHAPTER FOR: Theorizing Heritage through Non-Violent Resistance
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