The relation between architecture and memory is connected to the monument, a reminder that needs to have a long duration. The preservation of memory is shifted today to complex mixtures between digital archives and artefacts, and long-lasting materials are extended also to the unwanted, the refuse and the ordinary. This is often connected to the necessity of blocking the future for the extraction of calculable revenue, a condition where intensified financial fluxes make the ordinary objects as heavy as concrete monuments, together with their invisible counterparts in the atmosphere.
Video
Title: Guardians (or Guardianes)
Year produced: 2024
Media: three channel video installation (11:23)
Funding and collaborations (later): Project supported by the Leonardo Grant for
Scientific Research and Cultural Creation 2023 of the BBVA Foundation
Katherinne Fiedler
Katherinne Fiedler has focused her work on exploring the blurred boundaries between nature and culture. Through a multidisciplinary artistic practice, she combines elements from nature and the landscape with artificial and processed materials to delve into sociopolitical, ecological, and emotional concepts. Her work examines the interdependence between organisms and ecosystems, as well as the role of the landscape as a political and cultural territory. Fiedler has received prestigious awards like the BBVA Foundation’s Leonardo Grant (2023) and the CIFO Emerging Artist Grant (2017). She has attended residencies including Casa de Velázquez, Flora Ars Natura, and Bilbaoarte. Her solo exhibitions include Cuero con hueso, concha con corteza (2025), Lo inmenso y lo pequeño (2022), and El Futuro de la Memoria (2019). She has also participated in group exhibitions at institutions such as C.C. Conde Duque, MAC Lima, MAMBO Bogotá, CIFO Miami, and CaixaForum Madrid.