Projects

Barbarella’s Kiss
14 Apr 2023 — 11 Jun 2023

Auto Italia presents Barbarella’s Kiss, a survey exhibition by Bolivian artist, archivist and activist David Aruquipa Pérez. The show comprises a rare collection of photographs documenting the cultural and political impact of Las Chinas Morenas, feminine performance characters in the fiestas populares, popular street carnivals that have taken place across the plurinational state of Bolivia over the past 75 years.

Events

Talk: Curators Tour & Breakfast
25 May 2023 — 25 May 2023

Join us for a special tour of our new exhibition Barbarella’s Kiss, dedicated for members of London’s Latinx community.
Talk: In conversation with David Aruquipa Pérez
15 Apr 2023 — 15 Apr 2023

Pérez leads a tour of his new exhibition with the project’s co-curator Aitor González Valencia where he will discuss his archive and the history of the fiestas populares.
Performance: David Aruquipa Pérez & Luisa Mateo Dupleich Rozo
13 Apr 2023 — 13 Apr 2023

Join us for a new dance performance work by David Aruquipa Pérez, accompanied by a sound composition by performer and sound artist, Luisa Mateo Dupleich Rozo.
The Lake Before the Sun Was Born: Archive and Spacetime
04 Nov 2021 — 04 Nov 2021

Chaired by artist and researcher Onyeka Igwe, David Aruquipa Pérez and Grace Dillon will discuss oral history traditions, archiving and knowledge preservation.
The Lake Before the Sun Was Born
02 Nov 2021 — 04 Nov 2021

A series of conversations emerging from Amaru’s Tongue: Daughter, with themes of land ties, herbalism, Indigenous spacetime, abolition and activism.