Lecture: Carolina Caycedo - From the Bottom of the River

Carolina Caycedo

Join us in the deSalle Auditorium for a free, public lecture from Visiting Artist, Carolina Caycedo. Please enter the deSalle auditorium through the Cranbrook Academy of Art library entrance. The Cranbrook Art Museum galleries will be closed.

In her lecture, From the Bottom of the River, Caycedo will discuss her body of work that addresses humanity’s relationship with nature. Her innovative approach integrates her studio practice with actions in communities affected by mining, damming, and other resource extraction projects by corporations and governments. An essential element of this approach is spiritual fieldwork, a process of developing relationships with the human and nonhuman entities of a particular place or field. Caycedo will share how this practice connects to new works commissioned by the Sun Valley Art Museum examining human-salmon relations along the Snake River. She will also present her ongoing research on just energy transitions in the Americas as a part of a forthcoming exhibition at the Vincent Price Art Museum for Pacific Standard Time 2024.

Carolina Caycedo (b. 1978) is a Colombian, London-born, multidisciplinary artist known for her performances, videos, artist’s books, sculptures, and installations that examine environmental and social issues. Her work contributes to the construction of environmental historical memory as a fundamental element for non-repetition of violence against human and nonhuman entities. Caycedo is currently a nominee for the Artes Mundi 10 prize in Wales. She lives and works in Los Angeles.