More than just a retrospective exhibition, the exhibition Pluri-Sonoridades: Resonances from a Relational Listening is an update. But it is also a reinterpretation, from a new generational perspective, of the legacy of performance and sound art in Mexico and Latin America. All of this is viewed through the lens of the work of 40 women and LGBTQI+ artists.
Women’s and dissident voices
Open to the public through June 7, 2026, the Mexican Ministry of Culture and the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (INBAL), through Ex Teresa Arte Actual, present this exhibition curated by artists and researchers Amanda Gutiérrez and Rosa Landabur.
The exhibition offers a long-overdue critical look at the venue’s artistic and documentary collection. The project stems from an analysis that revealed a low representation—just 10.35%—of women and dissident voices in the venue’s archives over the past 30 years.
The event is part of the series “Dilemmas, Loves, and Dramas. Activations of the Ex Teresa Artistic Documentary Collection, from the Perspective of Affection.” In this regard, the director of Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Luis Orozco, stated in a press release: “We are giving the collection a new status, and based on that, we are developing our programming,” he said.
“We don’t just look at what has happened here, but also at how new generations interpret and reinterpret that information to turn it into a new event from a fresh perspective.”
Orozco emphasized that what has been presented is merely a small part of an in-depth research process that celebrates the reconnection with long-time collaborators and the integration of new talent. Pluri-Sonoridades is the result of rigorous research supported by the Jumex Contemporary Art Foundation , the National Sound Archive, the Center for Digital Culture, and other institutions.
Three decades of practices related to performance, the visual arts, and women’s multidisciplinary work
The exhibition brings together more than three decades of practices related to performance, the visual arts, and multidisciplinary work, focusing primarily on women and gender non-conformists. According to its curators, it serves as a political and aesthetic response to the historical invisibility of women’s and queer work in the arts. The exhibition features pioneers from the 1990s to the present. Most of the artists included have paved the way for those who continue to develop sound art in the region today.
The exhibition examines the mechanisms of inclusion, exclusion, and curatorial bias that have shaped the institutional memory of sound art in Mexico and Latin America.
During a press conference, artist and researcher Amanda Gutiérrez stated that the project goes beyond academic work to become an act of identity and recognition.
“For me, this isn’t just research; it’s research-creation that connects with my own history and with my identity as a queer person and gender-nonconforming woman. Embarking on this process has been an honor and a unique opportunity to understand that many women and gender-nonconforming individuals were on the margins, lacking the visibility required for a genuine understanding of gender.”
The Core Themes of Pluri-Sonoridades
The exhibition is organized around four themes: “Sonic Feminisms,” curated by Karina Cabrera, which includes a workshop with the collective Musas Sonideras / Amplificadas; “Sonic Constellations,” curated by Ana Mora, which focuses on living knowledge and site-specific practices such as live coding; Living Archive: Sounds, Silences, and Memories in Circulation, curated by Maribel Escobar Varillas, which explores sonic memory . And Embodied Listening: Diversities and Pathways, curated by Rocío Cerón, which addresses the relationship between body, diversity, and territory.
In addition, as part of the complementary activities, the Center for Digital Culture will host the parallel program “Sound Constellations: Living Knowledge and Unconventional Situated Practices.” The workshops and talks begin on May 6, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., with an expanded dialogue that proposes an exercise in listening and active audience participation, curated by Ana Alfonsina Mora.
A conversation among women to foster new forms of creativity
Drawing on a selection of sound recordings, excerpts from works, images, and collective memories from the Ex Teresa Arte Actual collection, the invited artists will reflect on and engage with these materials through their own artistic practices. The aim is to create a collective spell that intertwines different timeframes, voices, and emotions.
The event will feature curator Ana Alfonsina Mora alongside artists Emilia Bahamonde, Marianne Teixidó, and Sarmen Almond. The goal is to weave a network of resonances through works that activate shared knowledge and collective processes, where authorship dissolves to give rise to new forms of creation.
The exhibition Pluri-Sonoridades: Resonances from Relational Listening is open through June 7, 2026. The venue is located at Lic. Verdad 8, Historic Center, and is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free.
The Center for Digital Culture (CCD) is located at Avenida Paseo de la Reforma (no number), Colonia Juárez, Miguel Hidalgo borough, Mexico City.
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