July 2021

Lucrecia Gimenez

Aconquija, which means "snow formed in the heights, by the moon", is the highest peak of the valley where the eternal snows sleep. It is located in Catamarca, a province in the north-western region of Argentina. Earlier this year, in February, I did an Artist-in-residence programme that enabled me to travel again after almost a year of self-isolation; leaving my house, neighbourhood and native city to meet again with nature, its tranquillity and my own solitude. I felt connected with its sceneries, with the quietude and silence, with the clouds that descend to breath from the earth's warmth. I was able to connect with the sparks and shadows that walk over the mountains, with their shimmery/wavey and soft horizons. In all of my works and creative processes, I highlight the temporal dimension of the apprehension of nature. Natural environments always make me want to become one with them. Being alone in and with nature is both being in good company and a reflection of this very state. Coming closer to the trifles of nature: a stone, drops of water on a leaf, the sound of the grass dancing with the wind, the buzzing of insects chatting with the flowers.



Lucrecia Gimenez

Lucrecia Gimenez (La Plata, Argentina, 1982) is a multidisciplinary artist, Bachelor of Arts with orientation in painting (UNLP), in the process of the Master's Thesis in Combined Artistic Languages (UNA). She works from the encounter with nature and landscape in a random and intuitive way. Through photography, video, writing and sound, opens the possibility of experiencing other temporalities, breaking with the usual forms of connection with the environment. Her works are usually exhibited in art contests and video and photography festivals in Argentina, Brazil, México and Spain. She has been selected for attending several art clinics, artist programs and art residencies. She works as a coordinator, curator and photographer at the Fine Arts Museum Emilio Pettoruti in La Plata, Argentina.

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