WORK BY SOFÍA CÓRDOVA

CURATED BY JACKIE CLAY

Born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, and currently based in Oakland, California, Sofía Córdova‘s work considers “sci-fi and futurity, dance and music culture(s), the internet, mystical objects, extinction and mutation, migration, and climate change under the conditions of late capitalism and its technologies” (Córdova). They (Córdova uses both she and they pronouns) primarily focus on performance, music, video, and installation.

Córdova is interested in the future as a site for alternative histories, climate change and colonialism, and the mythic and mystic mechanisms people employ to make sense of the incomprehensible. While they are dubious about the earth’s future, they see it as a site of possibility despite the dystopian undertones of their work. Ultimately, Córdova’s work asks: “what forms of liberation lie in clearing the decks and starting anew for those bodies whose lives have historically been predicated by the violence of marginality?” (Córdova)

They are one half of the music duo, XUXA SANTAMARIA. They have exhibited and performed at SFMOMA, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Berkeley Art Museum, the Arizona State University Museum, the Vincent Price Museum, Art Hub in Shanghai, and the MEWO Kunsthalle in Germany.

COVID-19 PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES: 

To protect staff and patrons alike, Alabama Contemporary requires a mask and social distancing in the galleries. We’ve also amended our hours, are waiving admission, and placing limits on capacity. For more information on our COVID-19 opening policy go here. We encourage everyone to be safe and socially conscious as we all learn to move forward through this together.

OPENING RECEPTION: FEBRUARY 12, 2021 @ 6PM

Generous funding for this exhibition and related programming is provided by: