Aguas Verdaderas: Federico Pérez Villoro

We are thrilled to announce Federico Pérez Villoro's second solo exhibition at PEANA.

In the exhibition Aguas Verdaderas, Federico Pérez Villoro explores the domestication of water and the environmental impacts of hydroelectric industries. Aiming to challenge the technical expectations of a variety of navigation technologies, his work alters our optical relationship with satellite images to disorient our gaze. Projected onto a layer of vapor generated by a large-scale humidification system, a video installation tells the story of the Tietê River, a body of water in Brazil that has undergone violent processes of rectification of its meanders. The liquid dispersed in the environment destabilizes the material distinction of rivers as phenomena separate from more subtle water manifestations. A subtle installation of ceramic shells partially made with soil and water from Lake Texcoco in Mexico City connect the basins on a planetary level. The recognition of the global scale of the hydrosocial system is essential in this exhibition. The geological relationship between both bodies of water is difficult to notice, however, the artist insists on the relationships between a water network that exists beyond immediate human perception.