Paola Bascón
Bio
Paola Bascón is an interdisciplinary artist based in Berlin and La Paz. She holds an M.A. in design, media art and media philosophy from the Karlsruhe University of Art and Design (HfG). Paola has presented her work at international institutions, such as South London Gallery (2022), Museo Nacional de Arte in La Paz (2022/2009), Barbican Centre in London (2022), HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin (2022/2020), Spreepark Berlin (2021), Uferstudios Berlin (2021/2019), Galería Kiosko in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (2020); radialsystem Berlin (2019), Alliance Française in La Paz (2017), Largo das Artes in Río de Janeiro (2017), among others.
Statement
Paola Bascón’s work develops as an artistic research about ritual-poetic practices and the understanding of nature. Somatic tasks and craft traditions are often the starting point for interdisciplinary projects developed through installation, performance, video, painting or sound. Her work often deals with environmental concerns through participatory formats, combining storytelling and sensorial guided exercises with the interaction with tangible objects. The objects make a reference to ritual practices and are activated in order to enable a playful mediation with the more-than-human world.
