In June 2023, Rosa Jijón is the Artist in Wittenberger Weg
Rosa Jijón — 9687 km Nähe [proximity]
How to connect through art two cities and communities that apparently have nothing in common? We will discuss, share, walk, draw, cook and imagine a better place to live, and maybe we will find these connections and get to know each other. Because we might be closer than we think …
Getting to know Rosa Jijon and participation in the project:
Wednesday, 14 June 2023 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Wittenberger Weg 1, 40593 Düsseldorf
Rosa Jijón presents her work
Tuesday, 20 June 5:30 pm in the lecture hall of the Kunstakademie
Eiskellerstraße 1, 40213 Düsseldorf
Rosa Jijón shows her Düsseldorf project
Friday, 23 June from 5 to 9 p.m. on the platform Wiesencafé
Wittenberger Weg 1, 40593 Düsseldorf
BLACK AND WHITE from Rosa Jijon on Vimeo.
Rosa Jijon (*1968 Quito) studied in Ecuador, Cuba and Sweden and lives in Quito and Rome.
Jijón’s work deals with the idea of strangeness and human mobility in migration contexts. It is based on mutual exchange and collaboration with groups and local migrant and human rights organisations. From November 2013 to March 2015, she was director of the Contemporary Arts Center in Quito, Ecuador. From 2016 to 2022, Cultural Secretary at IILA, Rome. Recent exhibitions: 23rd Sydney Biennale, 2022; BNL Media Festival Award, Rome, 2016; IV Bienal del Fin del Mundo, Valparaiso, La Plata, 2014-2015; 54th Venice Biennale, 10th Cuenca Biennale, October 2010; 10th Havana Biennale, March 2009.