Colloquia
CLAIS + Latin YSoA
Fabiano Kueva
Vision ≠ Visual Workshop
When discipline gains ground in our creative and artistic practices, the weight of results does not overwhelm us, but the urgency to be productive can become paralyzing. What remains, then, is the possibility of stepping outside our individual space and time to collectively reclaim dialogue, sustenance, mistakes, and possibilities. There is a deep connection between drifting and the rough draft.
What happens if we consider the things we create as inherently incomplete, and if we loosen our control over the processes of research, art, or design? These impulses, decisions, and creative actions find renewed meaning in the collective and in community. It is about teaching through learning and learning through movement. It is about giving back what has been lived, learned, and received. When we step away from the highway and toward the river, our senses shift, vision expands, and new territories of joy and tension emerge, along with languages of futures yet to come.
Based on an audio session and fragments of collaborative experiences developed in urban and rural communities by Fabiano Kueva, the workshop proposes a series of exercises guided by three questions:
• What are our temporalities
• What makes us the authors of our work
• Can we learn to be a community
Fabiano Kueva (Quito-Ecuador, 1972). Artist and curator. Member of the collectives: Películas La Divina (1992–1997), Centro Experimental Oído Salvaje (1996–2016), Laboratorio Solanda (2016–) and Global Cultural Assembly (2023–2025). His projects span museums, public spaces, and community contexts, including radio, satellite, and web broadcasting. He has published several music albums, books, and articles, and has participated in and organized academic symposiums and international exhibitions across the Americas and Europe. His recognitions include the Radio Drama Award - 3rd Latin American Radio Biennial (Mexico, 2000), the Paris Award - 9th International Biennial of Cuenca (Ecuador, 2007), the Mariano Aguilera Award (Ecuador, 2015), Best International Feature Film - Chiloé International Film Festival (Chile, 2021), and an Acquisition Award - 15th International Biennial of Cuenca (Ecuador, 2021). He has participated in the 10th Havana Biennial (Cuba, 2009), the Prince Claus Fund Grant (2010), the 2nd Montevideo Biennial (Uruguay, 2014), and the 56th Venice Biennale (Italy, 2015), and Cisneros Institute – MOMA Artist Research Fellowship (2024). Kueva has participated in art residency programs at APEXART (New York), Villa Waldberta (Munich), Lugar a Dudas (Cali) and OBORO (Montréal). He lives and works in Ecuador. Web: https://fabianokueva.net/