CURRENT EXHIBITION
AIRTRAFF at Cuenca Biennale 17th Edition
BUILDING BRIDGES ART FOUNDATION is proud to sponsor the AIRTRAFF project as part of the 17th Cuenca Biennale in Ecuador. This collaboration with EPSON LATINOAMERICA and INSIGHT PRINTING ECUADOR marks a significant milestone for our organization and for the artists involved.
The Project
AIRTRAFF is the curatorial proposal by Marisa Caichiolo, created in collaboration with a remarkable team of artists:
Angie Bonino (Peru) — presenting the intervention with videos and QR codes on an airplane and inside the airport
Carlos Martiel (Cuba) — presenting a performance and documentation in the city of Cuenca and at the airport
Olmedo Alvarado (Ecuador) — presenting large-scale paintings, installations, and videos, plus two videos in the airplane interior
The project was presented at Fly Gallery, located in Cuenca Airport.
About the Concept
In a world troubled by ongoing conflicts, AIRTRAFF seeks to illuminate what often remains hidden. The project envisions a symbolic game—a fictitious airline within an airport—that exposes how power dynamics and secrecy sustain systems of control and expansion.
AIRTRAFF invites reflection on the realities of travelers, surveillance policies, and border power. It challenges assumptions about control and reveals the darker aspects of a globalized system. In a moment of rising international tensions and humanitarian crises, AIRTRAFF and The Game at Cuenca Biennale remind us that every movement and border is influenced by hidden interests, fueling power plays that transcend physical and mental boundaries.
— M.C.