Tanda Fall 2023

Join us every Monday evenings starting October 2nd for conversations and language work with the Fall 2023 cohort.

Session Details
Dates:Mondays, 10/02 – 11/06
Times: 6:30-8:30pm CT / 7:30-9:30pm ET
Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88524385169
Meeting ID: 885 2438 5169

Closed Captions Available
Sessions are recorded only for the cohort’s reference and are not posted online.

10/23
Amor Eterno: Luchar por la Vida
Araceli Zuniga

Amor Eterno: Luchar por la Vida is a project of transformative healing through story-telling and world building rooted in the histories of local Chicago Brown and Black communities. Child-like expression stretches from the purest form of love. As we mature and grow, true compassion of the soul is put aside; our celestial awareness cocoons. Through an accessible and explorative art practice, Amor Eterno aims to reintroduce transformative justice of the heart and tug at the string that connects us all together. What seeds are to be planted to grow the necessary tools for collective healing? When we consider our unity, in harmony with our differences, how can we extend ourselves to those around us?

Araceli Zuniga is a Mexican-American artist based in the midwest whose work is defined by intimacy and play. Through traditional methods of painting and drawing (and storytelling), Araceli uses playful qualities to encourage a self reflective process as a mediation between self and others; mending the past within our future. Araceli’s work has been featured with WPCA (Milwaukee), FLXST Gallery, Povos Gallery, and Genesis Gallery. They are a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. They are a member of the Underbelly collective based in Madison, WI and has completed a fellowship at the BlackPaint Studios’ Creative Leadership Program in Milwaukee, WI. They have also collaborated with Communication, a Madison-based nonprofit dedicated to fostering a vibrant creative community. Araceli strives to continue the work of communal care in Chicago communities. After the abrupt death of Araceli’s grandfather in the summer of 2022, their work repositioned into a more active subjectivity, specifically luchadores. Masks, shifting identities, and a cultural thread leading back to home has grounded their work in themes of aggressive play and the eminence of living.

Fall Tanda 2023 Syllabus
10/02 – Contextualizing the Mexican Milagros: Agents of Relational Anatomy, Alexis de Chaunac
10/16 – Into Conversation: Temporality, Power and the Interview, Ian Carstens
10/23 – Amor Eterno: Luchar por la Vida, Araceli Zuniga
10/30 – Consider a Disappearance, Ruby Que
11/06 – Bridging Diasporic Divides: Synthesizing Family Through Visual Art, Natasha Moustache

About the Tanda Program
Interweaving the formats of seminars, book clubs, research groups, and tandas, Tanda is a cohort program that aids individuals with their research and practice through self-directed and collective learning. It is a program providing time and space to gather, share, think and exchange conversations, resources, and knowledge on participants’ chosen topics. Tanda is a resource program by Chuquimarca.

About Chuquimarca
Chuquimarca is an art library project tasked to gather and share resources related to contemporary art and art histories. It gathers art books, programs a seasonal research group called Tanda, and a summer art writing residency called Muña (with online art publication Sixty Inches From Center).

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