Apothecary | Guadalupe Martinez

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Inspired by one of the Spanish books found in the library, Guadalupe Martinez turned the third floor bathroom into a home apothecary, to share the books content with a new audience, "Shared Remedies intends to reactivate the third floor bathroom while providing an inviting, functional and lively space that explores subjects related to community, localism, sustainability, tradition and economy." The installation presents home remedies collected from the local community alongside museum collection objects, combined it creates an inviting and immersive space, local knowledge ensconced within old glass.

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Guadalupe Martinez
Guadalupe Martinez

Guadalupe Martinez lives and works in Vancouver, Canada. Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, she obtained a BFA from the National University of Arts in 2008. Her work investigates the relationship between individual and landscape as a platform to explore the borderland between Self and Other. Personal narratives function as the framework to access themes that speak of (mis)communication, displacement, failure and desire. Her main focus is to look for possible ways to develop work that integrally combines three-dimensionality, site-specificity, and performance art.

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