PIA CAMIL

‘Bara, Bara, Bara’, 2019

Format Festival
Bentonville, Arkansas U.S.A.
September 2022

ART DIRECTION, CURATION, STRATEGY & PRODUCTION BY TRIADIC

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Pia Camil (b.1980, Mexico City, Mexico) draws inspiration from the urban landscapes of Latin America, engaging with the history of modernism to create paintings, sculptures, performances, and installations. Often using laborious fabrication processes in collaboration with local manufacturers, the artist decelerates the frenetic pace of mass commodification with handcrafted production, as evinced in the intimate quality of her works. 

Bara, Bara, Bara is an interactive installation comprised of t-shirts acquired from the street markets of Iztapalapa in Mexico City. It draws inspiration from urban forms, mechanisms of exchange, and Camil’s relationship to Mexico City, where she lives and works.