Temperatura ambiente (Ambient Temperature) is a reading of works by international artists whose art convey relationships with the environment. Curated by Mexican artist, Sofía Táboas, the exhibition articulate three spaces: inside, outside and between, mediated by often extreme changes of temperatures or other natural phenomena.

Relationships between human activities and the world at large have become increasingly present in our lives at all scales, from the effects of global warming to the current pandemic. What was once seen as a division between nature and culture, is now understood as interactions where each act impacts the ecology and in turn our means of survival. These present, complex dilemmas of how we find shelter while also caring for the environment, when our day-to-day lives have repercussions beyond our direct experience, and what to preserve and what to change. Many of the works might be considered threshold moments frozen in time, or transits from one state to another. By focusing on such apparent contradictions, the exhibition expresses how contemporary art is uniquely able to convey the complexities of our relationships to our many environments, and how the artist as curator can provide new insight into the works of others.

Guest curator: Sofía Táboas
Organized by Kit Hammonds, Chief Curator, and Cindy Peña, Curatorial Assistant, Museo Jumex.