2024
POROROCA: ABRAZ(C)0 DE RIO Y MAR
(Pororoca: embrace of river and sea )
- Pororoca: abraz(ç)o de río y mar is a project co-designed and developed by Catalina Mejía Moreno, Felipe Arturo and Gabriela Leandro Pereira and a multiplicity of voices and beings in Brazil, Colombia and the UK.
Funded by re:arc Institute Public Discourse fund
Film capture and edit by Nica Sabet
Links: Pororoca.space
2023
SEMBRAR LA DUDA: INDICIOS SOBRE LAS REPRESENTACIONES INDIGENAS EN COLOMBIA:
(Sowing doubt: Indications about indigenous representations in Colombia)
- Exhibition fabrication work during Placement with Fundacion Organizmo.
- Design: Fundacion Organizmo
- Location: MAMU, Bogota, Colombia
VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNAL CARNAVAL: WOMAN LIFE FREEDOM!
- A sound piece, collaging the voices of Iranian women, and melodies with native instruments. Named ‘ 0.5 FULL’, it reflecting on the concept of ‘glass-half-full’ and ‘the way we choose to look at reality’.
- The song was played behind a hand tufted rug, inviting people to interact with the material.
- Link:
- SoundCloud
THE LONG STRAW: WHEAT
- Work with Material Cultures at Central Saint Matrins, and exhibited at the Design Museum as part of the ‘How To Build A Low-Carbon Home’ Exhibition. Finally, it was exhibited at the Lethaby Gallery.
- Design: Student group work at CSM, as part of MArch Architecture design unit.
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Location: London, UK
- Links: The Design Museum
HACKNEY WOMENS’ CENTRE: Looking at the past and imagining the future
- As part of a reflection on erased Queer spaces of London, I explored the history of the Hackney Woman Centre, designed by the Matrix Feminist Design Co-operative. Part of Unit I masters course at CSM.
- Inspired by Beatriz Gonzalez, I created furniture with found objects, and the women's centre’s history onto the objects through painting.
2023
LOSE SIGHT (for ‘Our Story is One’ Campaign)
- The ending of ‘LOSE SIGHT’ pays tribute to 10 Baha'i women whom were executed in a single night in the city of Shiraz 40 years ago.
- Lyrics inspired by St John of the Cross’s poem ‘Of Falconry’.
- Exhibition design for HKDI, showcasing work, research and design process of ZHA.
- Location: Hong Kong, CHina
- Design: ZHA
- Links: designboom, ZHA
META-HORIZON: THE FUTURE NOW
- Exhibition design for DDP Design Museum, in collaboration with Refik Anadol.
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Design: ZHA
- Links: ZHA
CLOSE UP, WORK & RESEARCH
- Exhibition design at Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) for MAM Shanghai
- Location: Shanghai, China
- Design: ZHA