Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

Event Description

September 28th-30th Opening reception September 28th at 7 pm Viewing, Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th, 12-5pm --- In September 2017, Mexico was hit by two earthquakes. The first one on September 7 hit the Isthmus of Tehauntep, a Zapotec region in Southern Oaxaca, knocking down approximately 16,000 houses and causing massive destruction to public infrastructure. The second on September 19 hit Mexico City, collapsing over 40 buildings and killing approximately 370 people. Abraham León Pérez has been travelling around the affected regions ever since, working with artists to interpret their experience through his printmaking initiative, Grafica Nomada. Abraham has brought his technical expertise to each collaboration while giving artists control over their portrayal of the earthquake, and ... more...