Metamorphosis: ArquetopiaSUMMER Festival 2025
Deadline: 27/07/2025
Contact
Arquetopia Foundation
Puebla, Mexico
https://www.arquetopia.org
Details
Metamorphosis:
ArquetopiaSUMMER Festival 2025
The three-week immersive experience will bring together artists-in-residence, local students and professors, and community members, fostering an environment of interdisciplinary inquiry, experimentation, and ethical engagement. A summer event dedicated to analyzing material culture as material practice—an approach that makes critical inquiry both tangible and inclusive, accessible to participants across disciplines and experience levels.
This year’s edition will focus on 19th-century visual and material culture, with special attention to how books, prints, illustrations, and other material forms were used to construct national imaginaries. Participants will investigate how novels, popular imagery, everyday objects, and emerging technologies of the time contributed to the crafting of nationalism, race, and modernity—both visually and textually. By treating objects and images not just as historical evidence but as active agents, the festival offers a platform to engage with the past critically while considering its reverberations in contemporary creative practices.
Metamorphosis Festival actively engages a broader public through open lectures, an exhibition, and events. These public components are designed to spark dialogue and facilitate the exchange of ideas between diverse audiences, reinforcing our commitment to inclusive education and socially engaged art practices. Through this expanded model, the festival becomes a dynamic platform for collective reflection, critical discourse, and transformative encounters across disciplines and communities.
For more details and application deadlines, email info@arquetopia.org.
