02 / Collective exhibitionThey Do Not Save Life, Nor Sustain the Soul

Leading a shared artistic direction across 4 practices.

Period: 2019
Place: Garín Space · Córdoba, Argentina
Format: Group exhibition · visual art · public programme

4 participating artists · collective exhibition

01 / Responsibilities

Lead project coordination within the artist collective, connecting the concept, preparation and public presentation.
Develop the shared art direction and exhibition presentation while preserving each artist’s contribution.
Coordinate public communication and documentation across the exhibition, workshops and audience encounters.

02 / Process optimisation

Align artistic decisions, production needs and public communication through a shared project direction.

03 / Contribution & outcome

A coherent exhibition and communication framework connecting 4 artists, public programming and documentation.

Public communication

One exhibition. Two public moments.

The black and white invitation announces the collective exhibition itself. The second piece belongs to its associated public programme: Approaches to Creativity, a free workshop held while the exhibition was open.

Black and white invitation for They Do Not Save Life, Nor Sustain the Soul — 01 / Exhibition invitationThey Do Not Save Life, Nor Sustain the Soul
Opening · 16 August 2019 · Casa de Pepino, Córdoba

Invitation for the Approaches to Creativity workshop associated with the exhibition — 02 / Associated programmeApproaches to Creativity
Workshop · 22 August 2019 · Free public programme

Concept

The title operates as a refusal of heroic claims for art. The exhibition instead occupies the friction between that refusal and the persistent need to make, gather and look. Individual visual languages meet inside a shared proposition without being forced into a single answer.

A short history

The exhibition opened on 16 August 2019 on the second floor of Centro Cultural Municipal Casa de Pepino in Córdoba. Presented by Espacio Garín, it brought together the practices of Paz Herrera, Nayra Vallejos, Florencia Aravena and Gina Marin, with live music by Gluko Lin. The public programme remained open until 8 September, extending the encounter beyond the opening night.

Artists and authorship

Four practices held in equal relation.

The exhibition was conceived as a shared field rather than a hierarchy: four artistic positions, distinct in material and language, meeting through one collective spatial proposition.

Participating artists: Paz Herrera · Nayra Vallejos · Florencia Aravena · Gina Marin
Live music: Gluko Lin

Process and spatial logic

From proposition to public experience.

A collective frame

The title established a common tension while leaving room for four distinct practices and visual positions.

Works in relation

The exhibition was shaped through proximity: each contribution held its own voice while becoming part of a larger visual conversation.

Public identity

The announcement carried the exhibition’s bodily, layered language into the public realm and located the project within a local cultural network.

Shared encounter

Visual work, music and the opening programme created a social situation around the exhibition rather than a purely contemplative display.

Moving image record

Exhibition record · bodies, materials and public encounter

An on-site moving-image record that follows the exhibition through its spatial interventions, material details and the presence of the public. Presented as documentation rather than promotion, it preserves the atmosphere and scale of the shared installation.

Selected archive

Archive of a collective situation.

Rather than presenting the exhibition as a sequence of isolated artworks, this archive brings together spatial views, public programming, live music and audience behaviour. The records show how the project operated simultaneously as display, workshop, gathering and shared cultural event.