Tercerunquinto. Archive for Sale, a Sacrificial Act, 2007. New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA.

The Mexican Cultural Institute of New York
in collaboration with Americas Society presents:


Panel discussion
Tercerunquinto

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 6:30 PM

Speakers:

• Julio Castro, artist, Tercerunquinto
• Gabriel Cázares, artist, Tercerunquinto
• Rolando Flores, artist, Tercerunquinto
• Eungie Joo, Director and Curator of Education and Public Programs at New Museum, NY
• Taiyana Pimentel, Independent Curator, Mexico City

Tercerunquinto is a Mexico City based collective formed by Julio Castro, Gabriel Cázares, and Rolando Flores that jointly manipulates architectural elements to change the spatial dynamics of interior and exterior spaces in order to examine their limits and alter their functions. The artists will discuss their work with Joo and Pimentel.

Reception to follow.

Tercerunquinto (meaning in English something like ‘a third of a fifth’) is the collective project of Mexican artists Julio Castro Carreón, Gabriel Cázares Salas and Rolando Flores Tovar. Formed in 1996, the collective is responsible for dozens of actions designed, in their words, ‘to question the boundaries between private and public space, examining the organized frontiers around the constitution of such definitions’. –Julian Myers, Frieze magazine.

About the image:
Titled New Langton Arts’ Archive For Sale: A Sacrificial Act, their project proposed to put New Langton’s archive – including 30 years of documentation of past exhibitions, recordings of performances, ephemera, press releases, correspondence and even the institution’s economic records – up for sale on the open market. ‘After conducting an informal analysis of the structure of Langton as a non-profit institution,’ the collective writes, ‘acknowledging a history of chronic economic uncertainty – Tercerunquinto has identified Langton’s memory as its most valuable asset.’

Americas Society
680 Park Avenue
www.americas-society.org

This program is part of the 3rd Annual Latin American Culture Week in New York City. For more information visit www.pamar.org/lacwnyc