Occupied spaces
Eva DavidovaGlobal Mode > Omnivores: an exhibition project by Eva Davidova The project Global
Mode > Omnivores is part of the
Occupied Spaces programme, which aims to spark multi-faceted collaborations,
linking Spanish-speaking artists with contexts, cultural agents and the places
where the Instituto Cervantes centres are located. The idea is to bring
artistic practice and its makers closer to the citizens of the world. Global Mode > Omnivores is a solo exhibition featuring a network of digital installations by new
media artist Eva Davidova at the Instituto Cervantes. Davidova explores what it could mean to
prioritize experimental strategies that disrupt prevailing hierarchies, utilizing ancient mythos to
examine past, present, and looming global disasters. Garden for Drowning Descendants (singlechannel
video) illustrates typical themes for Davidova— ecological disaster, interspecies
dependency— in a virtual realm without gravity to ground the viewer. Sub-narratives, along with
works on view, abound throughout the gallery space, Jorge Luis Borges library, garden, and
stairwells. The multi-hyphenate Global Mode > Omnivores, is a perfect crystallization of
Davidova’s relation to chaos; viewers join the artist at the same unfixed position, together
shaping a space that thrives upon vulnerability, human error, and potentials in between.
—Marissa Delano.
Eva Davidova is a multidisciplinary artist with focus on new media(s), information, and their
socio-political implications. She has exhibited at the Bronx Museum, the Everson Museum, the
Albright Knox Museum, MACBA Barcelona, CAAC Sevilla, Instituto Cervantes, La Regenta,
ISSUE Project Room, and numerous private galleries in Europe and the US. She was a fellow of Residency Unlimited, and is currently of
Harvestworks’ TIP, and is currently a member of NEW INC, the New Museum incubator at the
intersection of art, design and technology.Related Activities
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