CURATION

Discover the curatorial text by Cristina Brambila, who brings a critical, poetic, and deeply sensitive perspective to this edition of TUM TUM, a virtual art festival celebrating the creative practices of women and dissidences from Latin America.

The virtual exhibition Encarnar el poder brings together the voices, gestures, and bodies of women and gender-diverse people from Latin America who, from the multiplicity of their territories and trajectories, explore how structures of power shape us, constrain us, and, at the same time, transform us. Through visual, sound, and video works, a sensitive map is woven—one that moves between intimate storytelling, political denunciation, and poetic reflection.

The body, a constant protagonist, emerges as a tool for expression, resistance, and metamorphosis: bodies that dance, narrate, dissolve, and reconstruct themselves in the search for identity and freedom. Each work is a form of embodiment—a gesture that reclaims lived experience and projects it toward new forms of existence.

As the second edition of the TUM TUM Festival, this exhibition not only questions power as a central theme, but also the possibilities that the virtual realm offers as an exhibition space. Far from replicating traditional formats, Encarnar el poder proposes an immersive experience where digital architecture and presences expand our imagination. In this mutable territory, virtuality becomes an ally for rehearsing other possible worlds, other ways of inhabiting, and of creating community.

This edition features 14 artists from Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Argentina and Peru, whose works explore the intimate, ritual, and symbolic dimensions of the digital. Step inside our immersive space and experience TUM TUM from within.

✦ Featuring:

Florencia (Flora) Chidichimo Adri Vala Nisecuandoycomo Andrea Bonilla Ninfa María MARIELATINA Muriel Sago Valentina Velázquez de León Cutzi Jurhiata Iliana Govea Klêment Gär Lhik Brenda Avalos Luma Escalpelo Ranchito Alma Camelia Dora Bartilotti

ACTIVITIES

All festival activities—except the official presentation—take place online, inside TUM TUM’s virtual space.
We invite you to explore it, experience the works, and inhabit this digital environment.

SATURDAY, AGUST 23

12h (CDMX)

Film Discussion Session: La hendija del tiempo, Represión y (De)codificar lx cuerpx

SATURDAY, AUGUST 23

11h (CDMX)

Conversation with Alma Camelia (MX)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 24

11h (CDMX)

Film Discussion Session: Mi reflejo, La búsqueda y Autorretrato

SUNDAY, AUGUST 24

12h (CDMX)

Presentation of Latencias Tecnoafectivas: Derecho a una Vida Offline by Luma Escalpelo (MX)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 30

11h (CDMX)

Presentation of El arte Visual como medio de Divulgación Científica by Klêment Gär Lhik (MX)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 30

12h (CDMX)

Presentation of ¿Qué hace una ingenieria en el arte? by Brenda Avalos (MX)

Conversation with Dora Bartilotti

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9

18h (CDMX)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9

Conversation with Ranchito

19h (CDMX)

Want to explore more from the first edition of TUM TUM?

Download the full program of Encarnar el poder, the second edition of our virtual art, science, and technology festival featuring women and gender-diverse creators from Latin America. Inside, you’ll find all activities, dates, and participating artists.

You can also browse the Encarnar el poder art sales catalog, showcasing selected digital, video, and installation works from the first edition’s artists who chose to make part of their practice available for direct purchase. For this edition, TUM TUM charges no commission—only connecting you directly with the artists.