The dust or the wind, perhaps
The dust or the wind, perhaps JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY TUCSON, ARIZONA 2023 THE FRONT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 2023
Epistemic resistance: work, affections and territories. A critic of the neo-eco-capitalist era of Tesla and SpaceX [in progress]
Episthemic resistance: work, affections and territories. criticism of the neo-eco-capitalist era of tesla and spacex [in progress] Claudia quit the factory after witnessing a techno-pagan sacrifice on the machines that never rest. One night, as they all produced their never-ending song that resembles a crashing crystal wave, one of the machines devoured the arm of […]
The dust or the wind, perhaps
THE DUST OR THE WIND, PERHAPS 2022-2024Video, Installation, Soft sculpture, Collage, Site-specific. The dust or the wind, perhaps, is a multilayer project. In my research, the first two chapters introduce a speculative economic system named “neoecocapitalism,” in which the “Teslim” labor paradigm thrives and seeks interplanetary expansion. Teslism triumphs under Elon Musk’s archetype and in […]
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ACADEMIC AND ARTISTIC EDUCATION Fall 2023. Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art Photography, Video and Imaging Emphasis School of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson Outstanding Teaching Assistant Honor 2005-2010. Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology Graduated with honors and thesis publication recommendation AWARDS AND PRIZES 2023-2026. National System of Art Creators; National Council for Culture and Arts, […]
Semblanza-ENG
SHORT BIO Mariel Miranda, works as head of Interdisciplinary Learning & Research Programs at the Museum of Contemporary Art -Tucson. Miranda’s creative and pedagogical work encompasses a wide range of strategies that explore labor paradigms, counter-narratives, collective memory, and resistance tactics in the borderlands. She uses speculative fiction, material appropriation, visual art, writing, post-critical pedagogies, […]
Marcia Grand Centennial Sculpture Prize
The University Fellows Award
The University Fellows Award
Animalizing desire
ANIMALIZING DESIRE CENTRO CULTURAL TIJUANA TIJUANA, BAJA CALIFORNIA 2022
Communal Library
Communal Library 2022- Sometimes, I forget that the work in the neighborhoods is rooted in a feminist practice that women have always carried out. I think of the examples of the Argentinean and Chilean villas and the many examples of organizational work in Mexican neighborhoods that come up from below and from the left. I […]