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MAST Foundation | 'Apparent Femininity'
Alinka Echeverría, 4 December 2020 - 22 January 2021

MAST Foundation | 'Apparent Femininity': Alinka Echeverría

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MAST Foundation | 'Apparent Femininity', Alinka Echeverría

MAST Foundation for photography grant on industry and work is a biennial selection of young photographers that aims to document and support image research activities related to industry, the transformation it brings about on society and the environment and the role of labour in economic and productive development.

On October 8th 2020, the MAST Foundation presented the exhibition showcasing the work of the sixth edition finalists of the MAST Photography Grant on Industry and Work, won by Alinka Echeverría. The other finalists were Chloe Dewe Mathews, Maxime Guyon, AapoHuhta and Pablo López Luz.

 

Apparent Femininity

 

In the three-part installation work Apparent Femininity, Alinka Echeverría looks back  at  the  role  of  women  in  the  history  of  cinema  and  computer programming, in order to look forward at the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Grace, named after the paradigm-breaking Grace Hopper, is an animation derived from a Berenice Abbott photograph (from the MAST collection) of an anonymous female programmer at work. Presented as an LED curtain, it is accompanied by a music created by the inventor of graphical sound, Daphne Oram.

 

Hélène, is an installation of glass plate negatives showing solarized images of the hands of female editors.

 

In Ada the artist pays homage to Ada Lovelace, the mathematician defined by many as the first programmer in history. Through a mosaic of digital collages she reactivates archival imagery and explores the biographies of such pioneers in juxtaposition with women left unnamed, weaved together with archetypal notions of femininity.

 

Alinka Echeverría is a Mexican-British artist and visual anthropologist working in multiple media. Her work has been widely exhibited, including solo exhibitions at The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Preus Museum (Norway’s National Museum of Photography), the Johannesburg Art Gallery, Arles’ Les Rencontres de la Photographie and The California Museum of Photography. 

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Works
  • Aes Press Apparent Feminity Ada Plate 7
Installation Views
  • Whatsapp Image 2020 10 05 At 19 56 09
  • Whatsapp Image 2020 10 05 At 19 56 10
  • Whatsapp Image 2020 10 05 At 19 56 07
  • Whatsapp Image 2020 10 05 At 19 56 08
Publications
  • 'Residence BMW Musee Nicephore Niepce'

    'Residence BMW Musee Nicephore Niepce'

    by Alinka Echeverria Hardcover / First edition
    Hardcover
    Publisher: Editions Trocadero
    Dimensions: 25,6 x 20 x 1 cm
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MAST Photography Grant 2020 | Alinka Echeverría from Fondazione MAST on Vimeo.

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