The Law and Justice party tried to reshape the country via the arts. Now that it appears set to lose office, its critics are split over how to move on.
Untitled (caretaker) is a livestreamed video performance by Xavier Cha where a performer, who wears a GoPro chest harness, can be seen moving alone in a rehearsal space. This work questions our roles as spectators and our familiarity with and access to modes of viewing and witnessing in our highly mediated cultures. Aiming to examine the experience many share of struggling in isolation, Untitled (caretaker) rethinks the performing body’s agency and questions the witnessing of bodies in times of crisis and collapse.
The first exhibition in Mexico by artist Paulina Olowska, Resonance, gathers a series of works made in situ and others prepared during the artist’s previous travels to Mexico.