JOSE ANTONIO VEGA MACOTELA
Nace en la ciudad de Mexico en 1980, estudia en la Escuela nacional de Artes Plasticas , en El Seminario de Medios Multiples y en la Rijksakademie Van Beldende Kunsten. Ha expuesto en La Sala de Arte Publico Siqueriros, El Museo Arte Alameda, El Museo Carrillo Gil, el Museo de Arte Moderno en La ciudad de Mexico , la 29 Bienal de Sao Paulo, en Sao Paulo Brasil, La Segunda Trienal del New Museum en Nueva York, Manifesta 9 en Genk Belgica,la 14 Bienal de Estambul y dOCUMENTA 14 entre otros.
Time Divisa
‘Time Divisa’ — a work showing the outcome of 365 “exchanges of time” with inmates of the Santa Martha Acatitla Prison — probes the possibility of replacing money by the exchange of actions, as a system for the exchange of time. At a date and time mutually agreed beforehand, for the action to take place simultaneously, each party engages in the action requested by the other party, in exchange for the record of their actions, used as a currency. I use electronic media, such as audio or video recordings, while the inmates record their actions on paper or by means of objects.
