These gardens’ emergence paralleled and facilitated European colonial expansion, reflecting the desire to dominate not only the so-called new world but also other forms of life, such as plants. In March 2023, artists Isadora Soares-Belletti and Sofia Salazar Rozales went together to the Jardin des Plantes of Paris to photograph its Grandes Serres and create a counter-route: one that looks for the breeches and signs of the past. Both of them had an identical disposable camera. After developing both films, the images were mixed and detached from their respective authors. If, at first, the artists knew exactly which photograph belonged to each eye, with time, memories became blurred, and the frontiers loosened.

Persona Curada is a non-profit experimental curatorial project founded in 2017 by Noelia Portela, for the purpose of fostering Latin American Contemporary art practices. Persona Curada aims to provide a platform for artists and writers, offering new and nomadic modes of exhibition-making and art dissemination through our core exhibition and public event programs. They are committed to nurturing our emerging artists through research and collaboration opportunities, while fostering cultural and social links between Latin America, and France. Their publications and related projects support the work of our artists across narratives, and their plurality of research.

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