X as Intersection:
Working with Nature
Wed, Oct 22, 2025
4 pm
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Animal and plant life, weather, and ecology are central to the artistic practices of Nancy Friedemann‑Sánchez, Frances Gallardo, and Angel Lartigue. Through the lens of scientific inquiry, their work explores themes of biodiversity, climate change, and the complex relationships between humans and the environment. This conversation delves into how each artist integrates the natural world into their creative process.
This conversation is moderated by Marcela Guerrero, DeMartini Family Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Josh T. Franco, Associate Director of Special Projects, US Latinx Art Forum.
This program is part of X as Intersection, a four-part hybrid public program series featuring conversations with fellows from the fifth cohort of the Latinx Artist Fellowship, an initiative of the US Latinx Art Forum.
Simultaneous interpretation in Spanish provided by Babilla Collective.
Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez grew up in Colombia as the child of a Colombian and a United States citizen and migrated to the U.S. as an adult. Her art is about the curious and intense experience of having physically migrated yet still having a piece of herself rooted in Colombia. Friedemann-Sánchez lives and works in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Frances Gallardo was born and raised in Puerto Rico and is currently based in Ithaca, New York. Her interdisciplinary practice examines the cultural, geopolitical, and historical complexities of the Caribbean meteorological landscape through an eco-poetic lens. Since childhood, Gallardo has been fascinated with atmospheric events such as hurricanes and, despite the chaos they cause, she sees beautiful forms, musical compositions, colors, and movement.
Angel Lartigue works across installation, performance, photography, and drawing to examine putrefaction, one of the biological stages of decomposition, and its capability for nourishment and critical reflection. Her works incorporate an array of materials including microscopic life forms from burial sites, essay writing, nightclub architectures, soundwork collaborations and even odors captured during fieldwork.
En español
X como intersección: Trabajando con la naturaleza
La vida animal y vegetal, el clima y la ecología son elementos centrales en las prácticas artísticas de Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez, Frances Gallardo y Angel Lartigue. A través del lente de la investigación científica, su trabajo explora temas como la biodiversidad, el cambio climático y las complejas relaciones entre los seres humanos y el medio ambiente. Esta conversación profundiza en cómo cada artista integra el mundo natural en su proceso creativo.
Esta conversación está moderada por Marcela Guerrero, DeMartini Family Curator en el Whitney Museum of American Art, y Josh T. Franco, director asociado de Proyectos Especiales del US Latinx Art Forum.
Este programa forma parte de X como intersección, una serie híbrida de programas públicos de cuatro partes que presenta conversaciones con becarios del quinto cohorte del Latinx Artist Fellowship, una iniciativa del US Latinx Art Forum.
Interpretación simultánea en español a cargo del Babilla Collective.
Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez creció en Colombia como hija de una colombiana y un ciudadano de los Estados Unidos, y emigró a los Estados Unidos siendo adulta. Su arte trata sobre la curiosa e intensa experiencia de haber emigrado físicamente, pero seguir teniendo una parte de sí misma arraigada en Colombia. Friedemann-Sánchez vive y trabaja en Lincoln, Nebraska.
Frances Gallardo nació y creció en Puerto Rico y actualmente reside en Ithaca, Nueva York. Su práctica interdisciplinaria examina las complejidades culturales, geopolíticas e históricas del paisaje meteorológico del Caribe a través de una lente eco-poética. Desde su infancia, Gallardo ha estado fascinada por los fenómenos atmosféricos como los huracanes y, a pesar del caos que provocan, ella ve en ellos hermosas formas, composiciones musicales, colores y movimiento.
Angel Lartigue trabaja en instalaciones, performance, fotografía y dibujo para examinar la putrefacción, una de las etapas biológicas de la descomposición, y su capacidad para nutrir y provocar la reflexión crítica. Sus obras incorporan una gran variedad de materiales, incluyendo formas de vida microscópicas de cementerios, ensayos escritos, arquitecturas de clubes nocturnos, colaboraciones en trabajos sonoros e incluso olores capturados durante el trabajo de campo.