Los Trompos & Look Up! Look In at the Kimmel
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The Commonwealth Plaza will also feature a new installation by Philadelphia-based artist Karina Puente titled, Look up! Look In. This will be an aerial companion piece in the Plaza that will complement Los Trompos.
For this new work, 53 hand-cut “Papel Picado” that are 5-feet wide and range in length from 6-feet to 12-feet long will be suspended in the air. Translated as “perforated paper” or “pecked paper,” papel picado is a decorative craft made by cutting or chiseling elaborate designs into sheets of paper. Papel Picado arose from early Mexico. It was here that the Aztec people first chiseled spirit figures into bark, which later became the art form now known as Papel Picado. San Salvador Huixcolotla is a municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla and is considered the birthplace of Papel Picado. To some people, they represent the element of air for the way they move.
Artist Karina Puente says, "my custom, hand-cut patterns root my practice in tradition and keep me connected to ancestors. Weekly family calls with my Tias in Santa Barbara always result in an AHA! moment. Through the exhibition, Look Up! Look In, my aim is to articulate the spark of a new idea, arrive at solution-oriented thinking, and fly high during this important cultural moment."
"It’s exciting to pair the work of a local Mexican-American artist in the air with the spinning sculptures from Mexico City of Los Trompos on the ground – giving us all a chance to celebrate and recognize these two traditional crafts and having it all come together to bring our Plaza to life." – Jay Wahl, Producing Artistic Director of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
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