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Exhibition/Exposición:
Revolución en las Ficciones del Trópico
FRANCISCO GUEVARA
August 13 to November 16, 2026
Arquetopia announces Revolución en las Ficciones del Trópico, the new, 250-piece exhibition by Arquetopia Co-Executive Director Francisco Guevara.
“Ancestro es una categoría de supervivencia y de conocimiento insurgente: quienes trascendieron la violencia de este mundo y aún persisten entre nosotros, legando tácticas para vivir, amar y luchar que continúan instruyendo nuestro presente.” —Francisco Guevara
Revolución en las Ficciones del Trópico explora la invención del lugar a través de las ficciones del «Imperio», contrastándolas con el ancestro como una categoría de conocimiento insurgente que hace posible la vida, sosteniendo la memoria, la resistencia y la continuidad cultural a lo largo de las generaciones.
“Ancestor is a category of survival and insurgent knowledge: those who transcended the violence of this world and yet persist among us, bequeathing tactics for living, loving, and struggling that continue to inform our present.” —Francisco Guevara
Revolution in the Fictions of the Tropics explores the invention of place through the fictions of “Empire,” contrasting them with the ancestor as a category of insurgent knowledge that makes life possible, sustaining memory, resistance, and cultural continuity across generations.
INAUGURATION DATE AND TIME
Thursday, August 13, 2026, 1:00 PM
DURATION
Three months, August 13 to November 16, 2026
LOCATION
Carolino, Centro Universitario de la Cultura y los Saberes
Calle 4 Sur #104, Centro Histórico, Puebla, Puebla 72000
FORMAT
Physical
FOR MORE INFO
https://franciscoguevara.art/2026/07/21/revolucion-en-las-ficciones-del-tropico/
Sponsored Virtual Public Session:
Punk Epistemologies
Arquetopia announces Punk Epistemologies, a free, sponsored virtual public session taking place on June 5, 2026. Conceived as an open house into the conceptual and ethical frameworks informing Arquetopia’s transnational residency programs, the session responds to a global moment marked by war, forced displacement, censorship, extraction, and the normalization of violence.
At a time when artistic practice is increasingly confronted with urgent political, social, and ethical realities, Punk Epistemologies proposes creative resistance as a critical position rather than passive observation. The session will examine how methodology, representation, responsibility, and artistic production operate within contemporary global conditions, questioning the possibility of neutrality in moments of ongoing violence and instability.
Rather than functioning as a workshop or instructional seminar, Punk Epistemologies is structured as a threshold encounter into the critical methodologies developed through Arquetopia’s programs in Puebla, Oaxaca, Cusco, and cyberspace. The session will address the relationship between artistic practice, ethics, friction, accountability, and the role of artists within increasingly polarized and extractive systems.
The free, sponsored public session is intended exclusively for artists who have never previously participated in an Arquetopia residency program, offering new participants an opportunity to engage Arquetopia’s methodological approaches and critical frameworks for the first time.
Punk Epistemologies will take place virtually on June 5, 2026, and will have a duration of 60 minutes. Participation is free of cost and offered on a first come, first served basis. Due to limited capacity, advance registration is required.
SESSION DATE
June 5, 2026
DURATION
60 minutes
FORMAT
Virtual
Limited capacity. Participation is offered on a first come, first served basis.
To participate, applicants must submit:
• Full name
• Country of residence
• Brief description of artistic practice
• Short statement explaining why they are interested in Punk Epistemologies at this moment
REGISTRATION PERIOD
May 21–29, 2026
Participants will receive access information by e-mail.
TO APPLY
E-mail us at nhernandez@arquetopia.org