32° East | Ugandan Arts Trust 32 degrees east

Sofia was Co-curator of the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo Incerteza Viva; Academic Curator at MUAC (Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo – UNAM) in Mexico City, 2014–15; Research Curatorial Fellow at Independent Curators International, 2011; and Helena Rubinstein Curatorial Fellow at the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Independent Study Program, 2010. She received her BFA with honors from La Esmeralda National School of Fine Arts. In 2012, she was Workshop Clinics Director at International Symposium of Contemporary Art Theory and, from 2007 to 2010, Head of Education and Public Programs at Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, both in Mexico City. Sofia is a member of Another Roadmap for Arts Education, of Red de Conceptualismos del Sur, and has contributed in specific events with the network Arts Collaboratory. Her project, Between Utopia and Disenchantment (Entre utopía y desencanto), critically assesses the collective memory and genealogies stemming from intentional community models developed in Mexico in recent decades, addressing the ideas developed by Ivan Illich at the Centro Intercultural de Documentación (CIDOC) and its extended influence to Mexican and international thinkers.



Sophia was one of the  co-investigator at the KLA ART Labs Making Things Public lab sessions. This is a presentation she had during one of the sessions where she spoke about her practice, curation, spaces, unlearning and alternative education.

Ericka’s work takes the form of performative exhibitions, public programs, and publications. As part of her curatorial work she has written and performed what she calls “danceable lectures” in which she uses her experience of listening and dancing to salsa music to explore how the experience of rhythm helps to understand -in a bodily way- the notion of antagonism and how this enriches our notion of otherness. Her texts are published in different catalogues in Colombia and abroad, and also in mediums such as Revista Errata, Arcadia, Terremoto: arte contemporáneo en las Américas, and the USB Map Initiative of the Guggenheim Museum. Her interest in art and education led her to start with colleagues(Mónica Restrepo, Herlyng Ferla and Hernán Barón) La Nocturna, a platform to experiment on discursive and pedagogical formats. As part of her exploration on how we learn through our bodies and what a new education of the senses could be, she created (together with artist Herlyng Ferla) an experimental afterschool for kids and family where she designs a curriculum of art and transdisciplinarity.

Ericka was one of the co-investigator at the KLA ART Labs Making Things Public lab sessions. This is a presentation she had during one of the sessions where she details the thinking behind her practice and projects she has worked on.

Martin talks about his journey to making a piece of work based on the theme of 'Peace', the difficulty and details about the process and inspiration of the work he made.

Katesi explored different materials and weaving mechanisms while of residency here at 32° East, she also read books, visited physical spaces and got inspiration from communities around the city.

This was a presentation that took place during the KLA ART Labs Making Things Public lab sessions.

Odur talks about the work he made in Mali as well as the other artist and conversations that inspired the work he exhibited.

This was a presentation that took place during the KLA ART Labs Making Things Public lab sessions.

Gloria talks about the places she visited while in Mexico as well as the process of making her collaborative publication.

This was a presentation that took place during the KLA ART Labs Making Things Public lab sessions.