#iamawitchbecause

First exhibition part of the Takeover project, a series of experimental solo shows aimed to explore the dialectic of artist as curator and curator as artist, in collaboration with photographer and artist Ana Escobar. Takeovers are focused on three main points: -Creative Process: unlike a conventional, streamlined solo show, it’ll be likely to find unfinished artworks to that not necessarily enter in a specific body of work; -Conversation: the show is a result of a six-month long conversation between artist and curator, working within the space with no clear division of role, in order to facilitate a co-creation and a co-curation process; -Research: the show’s inner nature is purely experimental and could potentially set the groundwork of an artists’ future practice. #iamawitchbecause started as an Instagram account and hashtag sharing insights and encounters about magic and female power in the contemporary scenario. With Takeovers, artist Ana Escobar brought it from the digital and intangible world to the physical, analog world with an exhibition exploring contemporary witchcraft, the supernatural and photography as a medium of truth.