Alicia Marván (Mexico) is an artist and designer dedicated to contemporary and experimental practices. Her interdisciplinary approach to art/life has led her to an ongoing investigation of a variety of media that explores color, space, form, movement, time and thought. Always interested in the dialogue between art and life, as well as the interaction between art/space/viewer, her work often appears in alternative spaces such as urban, industrial and natural settings. Creative topics range from the deeply personal to social and environmental issues. Current projects bridge performance, sculpture and poetry, delving into human physicality and identity as they relate to place and history. Her work has been presented by The Goethe Institute, The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Movement Research (NYC), Sushi Performance and Visual Art, PRISMA Forum and the University of the Americas in Puebla, Mexico (UDLAP), among others. She is currently Director of the Guapamacátaro Interdisciplinary Residency in Art and Ecology (Mexico), Associate Artist with Lower Left Performance Collective (USA/Europe), and collaborates with independent artists from different disciplines worldwide. Past collaborative ventures include working with The BodyCartography Project, Keith Hennessy, Heads On Fire, Katsura Kan, Nortec collective and Trummerflora collective. She studied Dance and Performance Art and has trained on the field as a visual artist and designer at renowned design, architecture and performing arts companies such as Gluckman Mayner Architects and Julia Mandle Performance (NYC). Influential teachers and artists include Hussein Chalayan, Matthew Barney, Robert Wilson, Pina Bausch, Gordon Matta-Clark, Wolfgang Laib, Maya Lin, Trisha Brown, Nina Martin, Mary Reich, Rachel Rosenthal and Anna Halprin. IN DEVELOPMENT: Alegría (Happiness) A multimedia work incorporating art, history and nourishment through a visual-poetic synthesis of two anthropologic texts related to the Spanish conquest in Mexico: The Mexican Dream by J.-M. G. Le Clezio, and Amaranth, Modern Prospects for an Ancient Crop by the National Research Council. In these two literary masterpieces we learn that both gold and amaranth (quinoa) were rich goods used in pre-Hispanic ritual that suffered from Spanish greed and prejudice. The project draws physical and conceptual parallels between the two through sculpture, food and performance. Site-Specific Kinetic Garments A new media series of hi-tech performative/transformative wearable sculptures created for specific locations/communities worldwide. The garments are constructed with local materials and the latest technology in scientific couture (interactive interfaces, smart textiles, motion and temperature sensors, etc), in order to react, influence and document their environment/wearers. Their unique design instigates specific body movements and activities inspired by the site they were created for, remaining on location to be worn/experienced by the general public. CALENDAR: 2012 FALL : RESIDENCY & EXHIBITION The Tree Museum, Ontario, CANADA www.thetreemuseum.ca 2012 SUMMER : RESIDENCY & EXHIBITION Artscape, Ontario, CANADA www.torontoartscape.org 2012 SUMMER : RESIDENCY & EXHIBITION fieldwork, Ontario, CANADA www.fieldworkproject.com 2012 SPRING : RESIDENCY & EXHIBITION Guapamacátaro, Michoacán, MEXICO www.guapamacataro.org 2011 OCTOBER 3-15 : WORKSHOP From Natural Evolution to Art ESARQ Architecture School, Guadalajara Mexico www.esa.edu.mx 2011 JUNE 24-25 : FORUM Artist Residencies in Areas of Conflict Goethe Institute, NYC www.residencyunlimited.org 2011 JUNE 15-19 : CURATORIAL PANEL Cool Stories for When the Planet Gets Hot III An international art video competition on Global Warming by ARTPORT_making waves (USA/Europe) and CINEMA PLANETA (Mexico) ART BASEL, Switzerland www.artport-project.org 2010 JUNE 11-20 : WORKSHOP Choreography and Design As part of a Certificate Program in Choreography Instituto de Cultura de Morelos, Cuernavaca, MX www.institutodeculturademorelos.gob.mx 2010 FEB 12-28 : RESIDENCY & EXHIBITION Guapamacátaro, Michoacán, MEXICO www.guapamacataro.org 2010 JAN 31 : PERFORMANCE COLLABORATION Negotiating the Divide Garments by Alicia Marván Choreography by Heidi Diaz Sculpture by Fae Young-Scherling Heidi McBride Gallery, Portland, USA www.heidimcbridegallery.com