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Guillermo Galindo: Immigration, Sound Art, and Post-Human Imaginaries

Guillermo Galindo, a post-Mexican experimental composer and visual artist, will visit Mexico in the first half of 2024 to present his recent plastic arts works and sound performances. This visit marks the first comprehensive showcase of Galindo's work in Mexico, highlighting his collaborations with figures like Kronos Quartet and Richard Misrach. Galindo describes his practice as that of a sonic mediator who redefines the boundaries of musical composition and intersects various disciplines including art, politics, humanitarian issues, spirituality, and social consciousness.

Drawing from his personal experiences as an auto-exiled individual with complex origins in a conservative family in Mexico City, Guillermo Galindo explores the concept of being a true immigrant in every sense. His recent creations delve into gender fluidity, challenging binary divisions and toxic masculinity while embracing ecological and anti-speciesist tendencies.

Among Guillermo Galindo's most prominent projects is the traveling exhibition "Border Cantos," a collaboration with photographer Richard Misrach, which has been featured in over 20 museums. This includes his participation in Documenta14 (Kassel & Athens) with the piece "Echo Exodus," where immigration is a central theme. At the Getty Pacific Standard Time exhibition in Los Angeles, his work "Sonic Botany'' responded to the main exhibit "Visual Voyages…" It critiqued the graphic codification of the "new world" from the perspective of European colonizers, questioning representations imposed by religion, race, and commercialization, delving into the reconfiguration of ancestral nomenclature.

On Saturday, January 27th at 1pm, Guillermo Galindo will present a sound performance in Cuernavaca, Morelos, alongside Manuel Rocha Iturbide and Gabriel Mestre A. This will take place in the Immersive Space of the Morelense Museum of Contemporary Art Juan Soriano. Additionally, in February, he will exhibit his work titled "Piercing Kisses" at the Zona Maco art fair in Mexico City. This solo presentation by the artist with Qualia Contemporary Art Gallery from Palo Alto, California, will feature oil paintings, mixed media pieces, video, and two sculptures.

In "Piercing Kisses," Guillermo Galindo presents a collection of works featuring human limbs and recognizable plant textures, ambiguous creatures, and hybrid amphibians, symbolizing gender diversity. Pearls are used metaphorically to represent sexuality and fertility. This body of work is a journey into the unconscious and archetypical symbols, emphasizing Galindo's recurring theme of reimagining the male-female binary in our dark times. Drawing inspiration from C.G. Jung's concepts, Galindo explores the notions of anima and animus in his art.

In March, Guillermo Galindo is scheduled to have a discussion about his career at SOMA Art Residency. Following that, in April, he will open his solo exhibition "Echo Xenos/Fronteras Liquidas" at Ex Teresa Arte Actual in Mexico City. This exhibition will feature site-specific projects, installations, and sculptures, as well as other renowned works focused on immigration and border spaces. These works continue his exploration regarding postcolonial and gender biases.

Guillermo Galindo's work envision a post-human planet and a utopia without humans, highlighting his commitment to neo-humanism. S/He believes in the artist's role in the 21st century to imagine and propose alternative ways of perceiving and understanding the world. His art redefines social justice, the rights of living beings, and spirituality, challenging societal impositions and norms. As an educator, Galindo's role is crucial; he teaches at the California College of Arts in San Francisco and has been a visiting artist at Stanford University and Vanderbilt University in Nashville.