Recuerdo de nuestra boda

Courtesy of Andrea Aragón

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Recuerdo de nuestra boda
Memories of Our Wedding

Guatemala, 2008

Installation of twenty wedding gowns borrowed from women in Guatemala of different ages and backgrounds, no matter their current marital status
Dimensions variable

This installation was an invitation by the Centro Cultural de España/Guatemala to accompany the traveling exhibition Suite Sweet Love by the Spanish collective k.b.zonas.

The wedding gowns were collected through an open call to friends and contacts in Guatemala. Each wedding gown included a label with the initial of the name of the women, the number of years in marriage, and her current status (married, separated, divorced, widow).

This exhibition explores concepts of nostalgia and the passage of time that these dresses represent. Specially to associate these dresses as witnesses of not only the happiness but also the difficulties that are lived in a marriage, the possibility that it may not be forever, and the emotional and sentimental burden it may represent.

RELATED ARTWORKS:

Bittersweet

Encierro rosa (Romance Imprisonment)

Título de propiedad (Ownership Title)

La sombra (The Shadow)

RELATED PRESS:

Quiñones Otal, Emilia. “¿Cómo enfrentar la violencia en un territorio que vive de ello?” in the thesis “Transversalidad entre Violencia Patriarcal y Violencia Colonial: en las Artes Visuales de México, América Central y el Caribe Español.” Universitat de Valencia, 2014, pp 377-385

EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Suite Sweet Love—k.b.zonas,
XI Festival del Centro Histórico, Casa Ibargüen, Guatemala City, Guatemala
August 7–24, 2008

Recuerdo de nuestra boda (Memories of Our Wedding)
Installation of twenty wedding gowns
Dimensions variable

PRODUCTION TEAM:

Commissioned by: Centro Cultural de España/Guatemala
Installation: David Urbina
Structure, vinyl lettering and acrilic stands for dresses: Luis Fernando de la Cerda / Rótulos Arte Total
Lettering in Icing: Gabriela Torre de Leal
Essay: Rosina Cazali
Photography: Andrea Aragón

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

Special Thanks for all their support to:
–k.b.zonas: Belén and Noni
–CCE/G: Pilar, Matxalen and Jorge
–Installation at Casa Ibargüen: David Urbina, Andrea Aragón, and Rosina Cazali
–Installation at Casa No’J: Staff
–Installation at espacio ce!: Rebeca, Cristina, Laura

Special Thank You to the ALL the Women who made this exhibition possible by lending their wedding gowns:
Angelica, Alejandra, Cariño, Paulina, Patricia, Gabriela, Sandra y Cristina, Carmen Lucía, Diana, Lourdes, Gaby, Paola, Leonora, Celeste, Lourdes, Ursula, Lucía, MeyLynn, and Karina

Recuerdo de nuestra boda

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Transgresiones: Mujeres que cuestionan,
Fundación ArtNexus (Online)
September 2–November 15, 2020
Curators: Celia Sredni de Birbragher and Natalia Espinel

Recuerdo de nuestra boda (Memories of Our Wedding)
Installation of twenty wedding gowns
Dimensions variable

Para verte mejor (The Better to See You With)
Single-channel video
57 minutes 37 seconds, no audio

Para besarte mejor (The Better to Kiss You With)
Single-channel video
57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio

Para acariciarte mejor (The Better to Caress You With)
Single-channel video
1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, no audio

Bittersweet
Set of 2 porcelain teacups and saucers broken and glued back together
Dimensions variable

Valentía y coraje (Courage and Bravery)
Red high-heel shoes, cord and tempera
Dimensions variable (Shoes: 9.5” x 5.5” x 5.5” | 24 x 14 x 14 cms)

Bésame mucho (Kiss Me Plenty)
White men’s handkerchief and red lipstick
14.5” x 14.5” each | 37 x 37 cms

Recuerdo de nuestra boda

Courtesy of Matxalen Díez Vivanco, CCE/G

Recuerdo de nuestra boda
Courtesy of Casa No’j

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Suite Sweet Love—k.b.zonas,
Traveling to Casa No’j, Xela, Guatemala
September 6–30, 2008

Recuerdo de nuestra boda (Memories of Our Wedding)
Installation of twenty wedding gowns
Dimensions variable

Commissioned by Centro Cultural de España/Guatemala
Special Thanks to Casa No’J for all their support

Recuerdo de nuestra boda

Courtesy of Andrea Aragón | Wedding of Manuel and Ana Lilian

Recuerdo de nuestra boda

Courtesy of espacio ce!

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Suite Sweet Love—k.b.zonas,
Traveling to espacio ce!, Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española en La Antigua, Guatemala
November 15–30, 2008

Recuerdo de nuestra boda (Memories of Our Wedding)
Installation of twenty wedding gowns
Dimensions variable

Commissioned by Centro Cultural de España/Guatemala
Special Thanks to Rebeca, Cristina and Laura at espacio ce! for all their support

Recuerdo de nuestra boda Memories of Our Wedding

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Recuerdo de nuestra boda
Memories of Our Wedding