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The Mexico Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale

Under the curatorship of Catalina Lozano and Mauricio Marcin, Until the Songs Spring offers a collective approach, from a decolonial perspective, reflecting on worldviews, technologies, territories, and the reconfiguration of gender subjectivities.

Exhibition view of Until the Songs Spring at the 2022 Mexican Pavilion.

Mariana Castillo Deball, Calendar Fall Away, at the 2022 Mexican Pavilion.

Fernando Palma Rodríguez, Tetzahuitl (Omens) at the 2022 Mexican Pavilion.

Santiago Borja, Talel, at the 2022 Mexican Pavilion.

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by Will Furtado
Wed 27 Apr, 2022

Mariana Castillo Deball, Calendar Fall Away, at the 2022 Mexican Pavilion.

Naomi Rincón Gallardo, Sonnet of Vermin, at the 2022 Mexican Pavilion.

Naomi Rincón Gallardo, Sonnet of Vermin, at the 2022 Mexican Pavilion.

Fernando Palma Rodríguez, Tetzahuitl (Omens) at the 2022 Mexican Pavilion.

Santiago Borja, Talel, at the 2022 Mexican Pavilion.

Santiago Borja, Talel, at the 2022 Mexican Pavilion.

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