Ways of Knowing: Collective interdependencies
Over a shared meal with coffee and tea, we will engage in a conversation on collectivity, interdependence, and community care within artistic practice. Using the collaborative work of Rossana Mercado-Rojas and Valeria Montti Colque as a starting point, the discussion will explore their evolving partnership across projects, roles, and contexts. The seminar is part of the Wednesday seminar series “Ways of knowing Spring 2025”.
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As artists, mothers, and women of Andean immigrant backgrounds, their shared practice of mutual care challenges traditional artistic labor, emphasizing the need to recognize care work as an essential part of creative production. Their friendship and community-building approach frame care as a revolutionary act. Valeria and Rossana have worked as a duo in exhibitions such as Gunnel & Anita (Bas Konsthall, Stockholm, 2022), Here for the Rain, Here for the Storm (Köttinspektionen, Uppsala, 2023), and the ongoing project Bingan Gemenskapen, commissioned by Gotlands Museum. Their collaboration extends beyond co-creation—Rossana has performed in Valeria’s artistic universe and contributed as a producer, writer, and team member, while Valeria has shared her platform and agency to support the entrenchment of Rossana’s artistic practice within the local art scene. Their work finds common ground in material choices and approaches to fractured ancestral histories, exploring displacement and migration as spaces to (re)imagine lineage and kinship.
During this session, Rossana and Valeria will present images and footage from their projects—both their direct collaborations and those involving broader artistic networks. At the core of their practice is a commitment to creating shared spaces—whether through communal meals or celebratory gatherings—everyday rituals that invite dialogue and foster dynamic participation.