Alejandra Labastida

Alejandra Labastida (Mexico City, 1979) is associate curator at MUAC (University Museum of Contemporary Art) museum, where shes worked since 2008. She holds a B.A degree in Art History from Universidad Iberoamericana as well as an M.A of Art History from UNAM. In 2013 she received the ICI/SAHA Research Award and in 2012 she was the winner of the Akbank Sanat International Curatorial Competition in Istanbul. She was assistant curator at the Mexican Pavilion during the 54th edition of the Venice Biennale and has published in numerous catalogues and art magazines. Her most recent curatorial projects include Teresa Margolles. Sutura ;Chto Delat.When We Thought We Had All The Answers, Life Changed The Questions; Cevdet Erek. A Long Distance Relationship; Camel Collective. The Distance From Pontresina to Zermatt Is The Same As From Zermatt To Pontresina; Jill Magid:A Letter Always Reaches Its Destination. The Barragán Archives , and Mladen Stilinovi?: 1+2=.

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2013 Summer Curatorial Intensive Symposium

Summer Curatorial Intensive Public Symposium: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 10am6pm ICI Curatorial Hub 401 Broadway, Suite 1620 New York, NY 10013 FREE Join ICI and the new Curatorial Intensive class on Tuesday, July 30 for a daylong public symposium where the participants will present new exhibition proposals. Participants include: Jessica Baran (St. Louis, Missouri), Igor […]

PUBLICATION: THE POLITICS OF THE MELANCHOLIC VOICE: ZEKI MÜRENS KAHIR MEKTUBU

ICI/SAHA Research Award recipients Gürsoy Do?ta? and Alejandra Labastida co-edited and authored this publication on Zeki Mürens arabesk music.

THE POLITICS OF THE MELANCHOLIC VOICE: ZEKI MÜRENS KAHIR MEKTUBU (LETTER OF GRIEF)

Alejandra Labastida and Gürsoy Do?ta?, recipients of the 2013 ICI/SAHA Research Award, explore the feeling of melancholy in Zeki Müren’s arabesk music through interviews and texts.

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