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solo show at SOCORRO polivalente October 16th, 23rd and 30th, 2025 ieo (individuo en organización) – capítulo II registros de campo, paisajismo, modernidades truncas y sueños de eso que llamaban progreso ieo se plantea despertar narrativas especulativas a través de una instalación, desde un conjunto de diapositivas encontradas que datan principalmente de las décadas de
packaging / funerary bundle [textile with motifs of landscape remains].(series of works: heritage ruins) Materials: Digital print on synthetic fabric, cardboard Approximate dimensions: 88 x 67 x 52 cm Lima, 2024 In the form of a funerary bundle (based on the tradition of the pre-Inca Paracas civilisation), the piece refers to the funerary technique of
Fake architectural model mimicking either a ruined precolumbian clay construction (huaca) or a dump camp with construction remains, using the blue signaling walls by the Peruvian Culture Ministry to sign archaeological sites under official protection. Even though the blue signaling walls are most of the time far away from visible or recognizable archaeological remains, such walls become ruined by vandalism and lack of maintenance, portraying the lack of resources to keep the cultural heritage that is one of the main resources for the national tourism industry.
Modelo arquitectónico falso que imita una huaca precolombina en ruinas o un vertedero con restos de construcción, utilizando los muros azules de señalización del Ministerio de Cultura peruano para señalizar los yacimientos arqueológicos bajo protección oficial. A pesar de que los muros azules de señalización se encuentran la mayor parte del tiempo lejos de restos arqueológicos visibles o reconocibles, dichos muros se arruinan por el vandalismo y la falta de mantenimiento, retratando la falta de recursos para mantener el patrimonio cultural que es uno de los principales recursos para la industria turística nacional.
Instagram exhibition for SUERO curated by Luisa Fernanda Lindo.
August 2020 (CoVid19 pandemic lockdown time)
https://damesuero.com/carlos-leon-xjimenez/
dark-room installation for anonymous encounter and desire negotiation.
Installation done in the framework of the Trujillo National Visual Arts Meeting 2018.
France House Cultural Center. Trujillo, Peru
solo show at SOCORRO polivalente. Barranco. Lima, Peru
video-installation. 2013
cardboard, wood and wheels
163 x 220 x 160 cm.
Installation done on top of the Bogota Museum for Contemporary Art.
Done in the framework of the workingVOICES Bogota project.
Installation and intervention at the
Ilm Park, Weimar
2009
Materials: metal fences, traffic sign.
Measures: 250 x 250 x 150 cm
Weimarhallenpark, Weimar. Piece of the Wanderlust exhibition june 19 – juli 20, 2007
installation / space for use
// started as an urban intervention in Berlin (2006), the Precarious Institute for Economical Survival Strategies, turned to a platform for services exchanges in Lima (2009) // Berlin, 2006 Prenzlauer Promenade / Wisbyer Strasse (Berlin-Pankow) > Street intervention with temporary installation > Mobile office for Economical Survival Strategies research Lima, 2009 Instituto Cultural Peruano
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