About me

I'm Laura Archila, a creative based in Bogotá. Hola, I'm an artist and photographer & graduate of the National University of Colombia. Currently, I'm doing my Masters in Art, Architecture and the Urban History and Theory at the same University.

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Projects

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  EscalasTo be portrayed, with or being part pf the landscape. It seems that prepositions can be interchangeable, however the use of each of them denotes a construction of the landscape, the natural, the human and the world. Thus portraying oneself in the landscape implies a separation of the construction of the natural and the human, increasing a historical duality between the categories of nature and culture and as a consequence asserting the power relations over the territory. In this project I try t
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  Portraits of MonotonyBoredom has been a frequent feeling during quarantine. This feeling is the result of an -apparent- monotonous time, never experienced before in the same way. Our bodies are used to experiencing multiple spaces in a short time, especially in this contemporary time, where time is synonymous with productivity. However, we can challenge our minds and bodies to rethink the meaning of space and time, in periods where we’re forced to face ourselves.

Work history

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Photography professorUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
Aug 2020Bogotá, ColombiaPart Time
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CuratorMuseo de Arte Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Mar 2018 - Aug 2018Bogotá, ColombiaPart Time

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Skills

• 35mm Film Photography
• Art Direction
• Photography
• Editorial Design
• Art Curation
• Art History
• Arts Writing
• Book Design
• Editorial Photography

Education

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Master in Art HistoryUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
Feb 2020Bogotá, Colombia
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Academic Exchange Program Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Aug 2018 - May 2019Paris, France

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