ALEJANDRO GARCÍA CONTRERAS ON SERPENTS AND DECODING THE DIVINE
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.Read more →AN INVITATION INTO THE TACTILE WORLD OF DISCIPLINA STUDIO
Disciplina Studio is a México City based multidisciplinary practice channeling free exploration of design with utilitarian purpose. Focusing on ceramics and furniture design, the studio takes advantage of the abundance of cultural and material richness, working with obsidian, low temperature clay, and acids on metal. Their focus on craftsmanship and developing new techniques from common materials leaves room for spontaneity in forms and silhouettes that not only reinvent the creative process but the end result.Read more →