What am I applying to?
On May 29, 2025, we will be holding the first of three encounters on the theme of water. Under the title APANTLE-Cuerpos de Agua/CDMX. This will be focused on local creative and comunal approaches to the water crisis. We are looking for artwork/artist that best connects the public to a broad notion of water, against its capitalist abuse as a commercial resource.
Performance artists, poets, musicians, and conceptual artists are welcome to apply.
Will there be a budget?
A budget of 2,000 pesos will be provided to the selected artist to realize the work.
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Where will be the artwork happening?
The event will be held in the Jardín LAC. The work can be displayed in the main hall or in the open space with a fountain. [ image/video below]
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Jardín LAC - Fountain space
Jardín LAC - The church (where the talks will happen
/ Capacity 200 people
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​How many artists/artworks will be accepted?
For this event, we can only accept one artist. Amado Cabrales (Curator), Ariadna Ramonetti Liceaga from editorial board of Islario, and Casa Ojalá will review the works and select the work that best fit the context of the event.
However please have in mind that mission of Casa Ojalá is to create webs of solidarity between artists, organizers and thinkers. To this end we will review each application carefully to make sure we can potentially include them in future projects. Please consider this application as a way for us to start knowing about one another.
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Important Dates:
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Deadline to apply: May 4
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Notification of acceptance for interview: May 5
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Interviews: May 7-May 8
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Confirmation of attendance: May 10
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Event date: May 29
What is Apantle-Cuerpos de Agua?
Apantle-Cuerpos de Agua is an exchange of experiences and collective wisdom that addresses, in a sensitive and practical way, the conflict over access to water as a common good. Each community faces its own struggle, rethinking its relationship with water: how to protect, share, and understand it. This thirst, born of deprivation, demands imagining social, economic, aesthetic, and technological alternatives that respond to a broader, non-human "we." The objective is to share poetics of action, exploring tools and strategies to collectivize struggles for water as a principle of empowerment in the face of predatory policies. Activities are organized around three themes: water and its rituals, its cosmogonic and vital dimension; resistance and activism for its access and care; and water as a living subject, with autonomy and needs. Through art, indigenous knowledge, and activism, we are invited to rethink our relationship with water from a critical, affective, and radical perspective.
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The first series of APANTLE will be held May 29 and will focus on the notion of water in local context of Mexico city. ( The following series will explore notion of water in national and global context/ Stay tuned!)
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The series is organized by Amado Cabrales and Casa Ojalá. Amado Cabrales is an artist, writer and curator. He produces in specific contexts through what he calls pedagogical-poetic strategies and his relationships with sentient beings and materials.