Artists from Mexico exhibit ‘Conductores’

Galia Eibenschutz and Amor Muñoz showcase their interest in conduction of energy

Galia Eibenschutz and Amor Muñoz, artists from Mexico City will exhibit ‘Conductores’ Nov. 10 through Jan. 21 at the UTEP Rubin Center.

Two Mexico City artists are thinking outside the box in terms of the art they create.

The UTEP Department of Art will be hosting an art exhibit from artists Galia Eibenschutz and Amor Muñoz titled, "Conductores" . The two artists will be exhibiting their work from Nov. 10 through Jan. 21 at the UTEP Rubin Center.

"A border can be anything, but here, because of our location, we think of it as connection between El Paso and Juárez . But in a way, they're also dealing with a border, and that is the border between concept and final product," said Karina Tovar , senior studio art graphic design major. "Their border just really sets off as to how they're breaking the border, at least to what we think of drawing."

Eibenschutz and Muñoz were invited to the university by Tovar , Christian Pardo Herrera, senior studio art and graphic design major and Therese Bauer, Art lecturer, after proposing an idea to bring a fresh new exhibit. The two shuffled ideas and put forth the effort to bring the artists.

"Their drawing was something more than just a pretty picture drawn on a piece of paper; their drawings go beyond the formalistic," Tovar said.

Eibenschutz uses a performance to generate art, while Muñoz uses an electronic medium to convey her idea.

"I think that the way they apply them and their concepts are very new and extremely their own and that's what makes their work original," Tovar said. "They have their history that established them and their methods of art."

Eibenschutz uses her experience in contemporary dancing and visual arts.

"I spent three months in Senegal in a residency in the school of dance of the African choreographer and dancer Germaine Acogny . This residency worked as a trigger for my work," Eibenschutz said. "It was there where I connected drawing and movement in a first animation series. It was there where I found out that both languages were necessary in my process of creation. I found the relation between the process of creation and the transformation processes in nature."

In contrast to her work, Eibenschutz is spilling everything on a blank canvas that's influenced her journey as an artist.

Eibenschutz said the pieces she will show at the exhibit are part of a research she's been working on for the last eight years.

"This research consists in establishing a platform where drawing, movement and register can dialogue and conform one same piece," Eibenschutz said. "All the pieces talk about trajectories and time. How time modifies the landscape? How can we capture movement? The pieces are active drawings that show a process of transformation."

Muñoz was driven to embark on this project after working with a few other Mexican artists that specialize in electronic art. Muñoz uses a special thread with conductivity that is  embroidered on textiles.

"It's a project of drawing with electronic art. I had an interest about this because it's a universal language," Muñoz said. "The apparatus drawings are interactive. It does not function without the public; they are important."

Muñoz will be showcasing three different types of interactive pieces at the exhibit. They include a breathalyzer, an electronic organ and an audio sensor.

Kristopher Rivera may be reached at prospector@utep.edu

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