MATERIA first encountered Alejandro García Contreras' work at Art Week 2021 in México City, where he presented ‘Mechanisms and evidence of genital coevolution: The roles of natural selection, mate choice, and sexual conflict’ (2021). In this piece Alejandro constructs a fantastical environment in which serpents with vaginal mouths stand-off against those that are entirely phallic. Editor-in-chief, Sarah Len, visited Alejandro at his studio in Guadalajara to discuss his creative origins and the journey of decoding the divine.

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