CAF 8 - Miguel Braceli

Miguel Braceli

Miguel Braceli is an interdisciplinary artist, architect and educator recognized for his participatory art projects in public spaces. His work explores the intersections between art, architecture and social practices, addressing geopolitical and local conflicts. He has developed large-scale works in Latin America, Europe and the United States. He has participated in notable programs such as Skowhegan School of Painting, AIM Bronx Museum Fellow, and Art Omi, among others. He received scholarships such as the Fulbright and was a Fellow of Future Architecture. In 2021 he co-founded THE SCHOOL together with Siemens Stiftung, and in 2022 he received a commission from the Percent for Art program to create a permanent work of public art in New York.

EMANCIPATORY LAND

This work is a cross-media research to transform geopolitical man-made symbols -flags and monuments- into borderless objects from nature, approaching decolonial identities through the imagery of wild vegetation and native trees. The performance and installation is a multipole flag made of local flora and carried out by a group of Gauchos that reimagine their traditional processions through a communal flag. As a flag, this project is an open-ended exploration to learn from the unlimited condition of nature. As a performance, it is an invitation to learn from local rituals, traditions and festivities, translating both values -of nature and community- into major geopolitical structures. Working from rural and urban environments in several places across the Americas and the Middle East, Emancipatory Lands intervene in the architecture imagery of states, nations, and other forms of governmental territories, aiming for emancipatory systems based on a social, environmental, and pedagogical approach to the land.