Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
A centerpiece of Aguiñiga's Borderlands Within/La Frontera Adentro exhibition at the Armory, Ejercicios en Entendimiento (Exercises in Understanding) will be activated through a weaving performance that the artist describes as “...an attempt to learn through my body. I am entering into spaces of strain and unnatural situations with craft-based materials to connect to and further process my border and immigrant experience. Using cotton dyed with the pulverized U.S./Mexico border, I am weaving a horizontal wall within the Armory’s gallery. My body is the vessel (shuttle) for transporting border-stained fiber and weaving a solid surface between gallery hemispheres. My body carries, pushes, and pulls the weft (fiber) over and under the warp (rope dividing the gallery space).
The first activation of "Ejercicios en Entendimiento" took place at the Armory on Wednesday, May 20, 2020. A second performance on June 3 was live streamed on Instagram.
Camera and editing by Kate Lain.
The exhibition "Tanya Aguiñiga: Borderlands Within/La Frontera Adentro" was produced with generous support from the Pasadena Art Alliance.
A centerpiece of Aguiñiga's Borderlands Within/La Frontera Adentro exhibition at the Armory, Ejercicios en Entendimiento (Exercises in Understanding) will be activated through a weaving performance that the artist describes as “...an attempt to learn through my body. I am entering into spaces of strain and unnatural situations with craft-based materials to connect to and further process my border and immigrant experience. Using cotton dyed with the pulverized U.S./Mexico border, I am weaving a horizontal wall within the Armory’s gallery. My body is the vessel (shuttle) for transporting border-stained fiber and weaving a solid surface between gallery hemispheres. My body carries, pushes, and pulls the weft (fiber) over and under the warp (rope dividing the gallery space).
The first activation of "Ejercicios en Entendimiento" took place at the Armory on Wednesday, May 20, 2020. A second performance on June 3 was live streamed on Instagram.
Camera and editing by Kate Lain.
The exhibition "Tanya Aguiñiga: Borderlands Within/La Frontera Adentro" was produced with generous support from the Pasadena Art Alliance.
