In order to build bridges between visitors and the artworks, three guides will lead curated tours through the fair using a colloquial, accessible, and dynamic language. Their eclectic approach explores the diversity of techniques and conceptual explorations by the artists to foster a better understanding of contemporary photography practices.
Rosario Villani (Buenos Aires, 1987) holds a degree in Art Management and Art History from Universidad del Salvador. She specializes in the cataloguing, inventory, and management of art collections, working with artists and private collections. She has worked with archives and collections including those of Jorge Gumier Maier and Juana Butler, among others.
Since 2017, she has been part of the Ama Amoedo Collection team, where she is responsible for Registration and Documentation. Since 2020, she has also contributed to the bibliographic archive of The Estate of Oscar Bony. She teaches at Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA), where she lectures on Art History and the Administration and Valuation of Cultural Assets.
She has developed curatorial projects at Buenos Aires galleries such as Tramo and Calvaresi, as well as guided tours at art fairs including arteBA, Mapa, and Pinta. She has also written articles and reviews for publications such as Arte al Día, along with curatorial texts for exhibitions and biographical and bibliographic entries for publications including Oscar Bony. Eróticas 70's.
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Melisa Boratyn holds a degree in Curatorial Studies and Art Management, as well as a postgraduate diploma in Gender and Feminist Movements. She writes for Clarín, Revista Ñ, MalevaMag, and Zibilia.
She is co-director of Quorum, an art store in San Telmo, and, together with artist Ale Giorgga, she leads Homenajes Urbanos, a project that brings the history of local art into the urban environment through collaborations with galleries, museums, and private collections.
She works as an independent curator and producer, collaborating with institutions and projects such as Malba, Meridiano, Usina del Arte, the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, Bienal Sur, Festival Emergente, and arteba, among others.
She has edited the books Andrés Sobrino:, Femininjas by Fátima Pecci Carou, and MP by Movimiento Petrushaus. Between 2011 and 2018, she worked in the curatorial and production departments at Del Infinito, Praxis, and Elsi del Río.