The Ant Project
Instituto Cultural de México en Miami Untitled Art Fair Booth
The Ant Project, in collaboration with the Instituto Cultural de México en Miami, were part of a collaborative project for the 2021 Untitled Art Fair edition, integrated by Ana Teresa Fernandez, Ronald Rael and Arleene Correa Valencia. The three artists are Mexican born or Mexican descendants and Arleene Correa holds her legal status under the DACA program.
Truth Farm Collective has been characterized by installations and activations in the USA-Mexico border attempting to erase the line that divides the two countries by sharing a joyful moment being through the children’s seesaws that were installed across the border wall, or sharing bread or atole, made from the same earth that composes both sides of the line.
For the Untitled booth, Truth Farm Collective activated a space where the lines and borders will be questioned, erased, and drawn as a silver lining through a tango dance performance as a visual metaphor of the saying “it takes two to tango,” being tango a dance where the power symmetry of leader and follower are equal.
In Silver Linings, the performance by Ana Teresa Fernandez and her tango partner, the artist drew a silver line across the gallery walls by dancing and moving paint with her handmade shoes.
Arleene also displayed her designed sweatshirts “Somos Visibles” for sale in support to the DACA immigrants.
Artwork by Arleene Correa Valencia: (In)Visibles en la oscuridad, 2020, a series of 11x15 collage drawings of children and their parents activated by flashing light these portraits separate and reunite the bodies depicted.
Artwork by Ronald Rael: Fine art prints of his Teeter-Totter Wall installation at the Mexico-US border in
Artwork by Ana Tereza Fernandez: The Obz (The Observatory), a sitting chair/bench to provide space for the viewer to pay attention, witness, and become aware of their relationship to the surrounding works.