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What is memory for fossil landscapes? A kind of writing that has many directions, never linear, sometimes twisted, and recently human. Their words are inscriptions read through time and the fragments of past destructions. If something is preserved, who writes first in our archival machines, if not the landscape? - excerpts from Fossil Cinema, a book developed during Jan van Eyck Residency 2026

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Lorena Mal is a mexican interdisciplinary artist whose work explores memory, history and territory through installation, film, sound, performance and drawing. Her research integrates archives, collective listening and non linear narratives that aim to destabilize hegemonic systems of knowledge. In her work, geopolitical and geological forces affect bodies and materials through dynamics of mutual transformation, preservation and destruction, shaping both land and culture.

📸1 & 3. Lorena Mal, Terrestrial Bibliotheque (Tlayúa Quarry), 2025. Installation with video with no sound (loop), 100 million years stone, 77 fossil pocket books, 54 fossil monograph books and magazines, 18 fossil vinyl records, and floor with fragments covering an area of 6x5m. Installation view, Galería Arroniz, Mexico City, 2025.

📸2. Limburg cave used for local raves.

📸4 & 5. (Still) Lorena Mal, Broken Stone, 2026. One channel video with sound, 19’ 40’’

📸 6. “Maastricht animal” skull (Mosasaurus) at the Natural History Museum of Maastricht, key fossil studied by George Cuvier for the first extinction theory presented in 1796 on the paper Espèces Perdues.

#janvaneyckacademie #lorenamal taken in Jan van Eyck Academie by @lorenamal

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What is cinema if not an imprint of the world? Our fossil-based realities have led me toward the moving image, where sound and movement are both geological and cinematographic, and where cinema becomes another way of archiving impressions in and with the landscape: a Fossil Cinema.

What futures can be imagined through deep time beyond the horizon of extinction? I turn to fossil landscapes as sites through which to examine the political implications of our interconnected histories and the possibility of deep futures. Memories persist, circulate, and return through fossilized forms of energy—the Earth’s working forces, embodied in the animal, botanical, and mineral bodies of the past and the present.

📸 1 & 8. Flowers from the collaborative project of @nathaliemuchamad and @rori_rob.ritzen to remember Labour’s Day, preserved by Lorena Mal inside the book by Sven Gerhardt “The mountain’s breath. The life’s work of Jan Spee” showing a mural in Limburg caves depicting its prehistoric ecosystem with imaginary fauna among other murals done by the miners of marl stone.

📸 2-3 & 7. (Still) Lorena Mal, Broken Stone, 2026. One channel video with sound, 19’ 40’’. (2) Pie de Vaca paleontology site with fossilized camel tracks in Mexico before the Great Migration (3) the hands of Faustino Aranguthy, 3rd generation of lajeros of Tlayúa Quarry

📸 4-5. Mural by the Aranguthy family in the surrounding area of Tlayúa Quarry and Tepexi de Rodríguez in Puebla, Mexico, depicting its ancient sea @pescadoresdelaprehistoria

📸 6 -“The marl caves have sometimes been called the largest museum in the Netherlands and Belgium. They amount to hundreds of kilometers of passages, and serve as a monument to centuries of labour.” -Jan Spee

#janvaneyckacademie #lorenamal taken in Jan van Eyck Academie by @lorenamal

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Próximamente / Upcoming
Pinturas Rupestres I-X / Cave Paintings I-X

Magali Lara, Luis Hidalgo, Ishmael Randall-Weeks, Ana Bidart, Camilo Restrepo, Rafael Rodríguez, Leo Marz, Chris Doyle, Christine Rebet, Theo Michael, y textos por Helena Chávez Mac Gregor, Ixel Rion, Maria Minera, Papús Von Saenger, David Ayala-Alfonso, Christian Barragan, Esteban King, Carlos E. Palacios, Fabiola Iza, y Gaby Cepeda.

@estudio_magali.lara
@luis_hidalgoo
@ishmaelrw
@ana_bidart
@camilorestrepo.co
#rafaelrodriguez
@futurifico
#chrisdoyle
@christine.rebet
@theo__michael

@helenachavezmacgregor
@_ixel_
#mariaminera
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@dayalaalfonso
#cristianbarragan
@estebanking
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Editado por Fundación Op. Cit. @opcit_org
Diseño Editorial por Jesús Cruz Caba @chucho.caba
Fotografías por Fundación Op. Cit., Priscila Victoria @laprisvictoria y Laura Batista @pyctacolors
Corrección de estilo por Prun Santos
Cuidado editorial por Beatriz Quintanar

#opcit #fundacionopcit #opcit_org #pinturassupestres #cavepaintings

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op.cit. by @lorenamal

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Una semilla de oro de @joseangelsantiago 🌱 A golden seed by José and months of gratitude for friendship and fun 🌬️💌 @pablo.rasgado @hernandez.ana.hernandez @anahita_norouzi @carolinericcalee @nathaliemuchamad @yigelongpanpan @dayalaalfonso @vdeguerrero @pameladesjardins @lauorozco @barrionomia @karen.poulain @pyctacolors @guillermogarpe @the.omaradel @francois_turcot @avery.sofie @lucas.obraga @florameteoro @jeune.thomas @mathias.palazzi @rori_rob.ritzen @punxh @plum404 @alfadirluna @verrichaw @juanichou @ixibubu @monainas @luis_hidalgoo @thaofilm @mahmoud_khalil_b @melaniekmclain @chucho.caba @txutxo_ @sinewavelover @hej_hyuna Andreas💚🙏🏽

risotto letter by @temporarystabilisations
florecita blanca "snow clock" 🤍
before last-calendula officinalis loca spiral seed 🐉
last - deep time pocket good luck by @anahita_norouzi 🐚 by @lorenamal

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El análisis material de la pintura es un vínculo muy poderoso con el paisaje y su materialidad mineral y orgánica contenida en los pigmentos. En 2017, los murales Pinturas Perdidas (2017) y Sublevación, después de Ximeno Planes (2015-2018) me llevaron a recorrer esa pregunta también desde lo geopolítico y las formas en que la memoria resiste —tanto humana como material—. Desde entonces mi camino se cruza muy seguido con eso «que sobrevive en los muros» como platicaba con @_ixel_ 👁️🛘🤍

"como un estado de apertura a lo mutable, incierto e impermanente, que trasciende lo humano y lo sintiente” un fragmento de 'Sublevación' después del terremoto esta en exhibición en @___campeche en los últimos días de "Algo Latente Tiembla" hasta el 8 de agosto, con la curaduría de Kristell Henry @krisoforas y una gran compañía de artistas @tramoya_ @taniania.ello @andreaferrerop @piedravoladora @maria.naidich @miriamsalado @jessicawoznystudio 🌋

Además de la serie de pinturas, los estudios de esos murales olvidados son también parte de la red de investigación @materialinmaterial realizados por el Laboratorio Nacional de Ciencias para la Investigación y Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural (LANCIC-IF-UNAM - CONACYT LN 279740, LN 293904 y CB 239609) con la coordinación de José Luis Ruvalcaba Sil y la gestión de Nath Cano @ntnthnath_ 🔬🪢

Fotos de archivo en el escaneo nocturno estudiando las pinturas 🌚
Foto 4 y 8 por Ramiro Chavez @chavesdocs 🫰🏽 by @lorenamal

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“Unearthing the hidden narratives beneath our feet, Mexican artist Lorena Mal is revealing the deep entanglements between land and power.” una nota por Ambika Subra @ambikasubra que amé de hace tiempo, gracias por tus palabras que me acompañan 🙏🏽🌺❤️‍🔥

“Mal reframes the land as an active force—one that remembers, resists, and refuses erasure. Her practice is not simply an exploration of landscape; it is a reconfiguration of how we engage with the world itself. (...) The soil itself became testimony—not just a metaphor, but an active record of conflict, survival, and resistance. (...) Both earth and breath become modes of listening—fragile yet persistent archives of what landscapes remember.”

🌋💌🌬️ by @lorenamal

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🪨ＬｏｒｅｎａＭａｌ Artista interdisciplinaria que vive y trabaja entre México y los Países Bajos. Su obra conecta las artes visuales, la música y la historia material a través de instalaciones,video y performance sonoro. Su investigación integra diversos métodos de registro, archivo y colaboración entre comunidades, territorios y disciplinas, trabajando con las dinámicas de preservación, transformación y destrucción que determinan la memoria y el paisaje.

🪨ＬｏｒｅｎａＭａｌInterdisciplinary artist, lives and works between Mexico and the Netherlands. Her work connects visual arts, music and material history through installation, film, and sound performance. Her research integrates diverse methods of recording, archival and collaboration between communities, territories and disciplines, working with the dynamics of preservation, transformation and destruction that determine memory and Landscape.

Gracias @lorenamal por la escucha, la conversación y complicidad 🧡🧡🧡

#lorenamal #geofonias #playlistcurator by @lorenamal

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Join us for this week’s Participant Presentations.

This week, Lorena Mal (@lorenamal) will share her ongoing artistic research and projects.

Lorena Mal (b. 1986, Mexico City) connects visual arts, music and material history through installation, film, and sound performance. Her research integrates diverse methods of recording, archiving, and collaboration between communities, territories and disciplines, working with the dynamics of preservation, transformation and destruction that determine memory and landscape. Through a selection of works she will share new insights about her upcoming project "An Ocean Between Us."

Wednesday 20 May
17:30 – 19:00
Jan van Eyck Academie

Open and free to all.

Image credit: Lorena Mal, Notes on material history (2017)
Sound credit: Lorena Mal, Songs of Plain River Basin Valley (2020) taken in Jan van Eyck Academie by @lorenamal

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¿De verdad podemos soñar en los museos? En tiempos de guerra, ¿hace alguna diferencia? Los santuarios y los oasis son lugares que se construyen colectivamente gracias a muchas fuerzas de cuidados. Me enorgullece ser artista para que haya espacios donde poder dormir sin miedo y donde tener un gran sueño juntxs, estar tan cómodxs que podamos descansar, cuidarnos unxs a otrxs y ganar fuerzas para construir una realidad por la que valga la pena cansarse. ¿Qué pueden hacer lxs artistas en tiempos de guerra? No solo como seres humanos y ciudadanxs comprometidxs con un planeta terrestre más que humano. Mientras caen las bombas y continúan las explosiones, lejos y cerca, construiremos puentes, excavaremos túneles, sostendremos el sueño y bailaremos sudando de alegría marcando un ritmo que nos ayude a cruzar el fuego sosteniendo la mirada hacia quienes violentan y más allá, tan más allá que podamos recordar el futuro y planear algo para esos días que nos esperan, cuando alguien recuerde el pasado que ahora es nuestro.

Shout out a los perritos que duermen en museos de mi post anterior 🐶 una colección de momentos en montajes y en parques y museos regionales de por ahi y por allá, mucho que aprenderles 💤 gracias amigxs @fallsbridgebh @chrisdoylestudio @barbarafoulkes_ @emilijaskarnulyte @tuomasalaitinen @dayalaalfonso @vdeguerrero @melaniekmclain @grenier.nicolas @hugocrosthwaite @asereht_tm @pablo.rasgado @luis_hidalgoo @egeriksen @johncheever @ana_bidart @dorian_fitzgerald @camilorestrepo.co @ishmaelrw @christine.rebet @leonardoremor @diamante_rocha_xiquexique @estudio_magali.lara @theo__michael @miruna.roxana.dragan @jason_de_haan @hanae_utamura @kellykleinschrodt @nick.fagan @alison.c.nguyen @bel.falleiros @ulisesmatamorosstudio @chasen_thajni @pescadores_de_la_prehistoria @pyctacolors @laprisvictoria @adrianbarcho @siiiiiiiiilversurffffeeeeeer @chucho.caba @txutxo_ @oswaldorruiz @maria_c____a_____ @pameladesjardins @lauorozco @fabiolamenchelli @fonsfonsfons @estebanking @helenachavezmacgregor @sinewavelover @marloweh1936 @guillermogarpe @elsalouisemx @pangelcastanon @carmen_cebrerosu @enriqueginer @ritaponcedeleonsalazar @alfadirluna @hernandez.ana.hernandez by @lorenamal

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Can we really dream in museums? In times of war, is it any difference? Sanctuaries and oasis are places that are built collectively by many caring forces. I’m proud to be an artist so there could be spaces to fall asleep without fear and have a big dream together, to be so comfortable that we could rest, take care of each other and gain forces to build a reality that is worth being tired with. What artists can do in times of war? Not only as humans and committed citizens of a more-than-human planet Earth. While the bombs hit, and the explosions continue, far and close, we will be building bridges, we will be making tunnels, we will be holding dreams and making music and sweating with joy a dance that could help us cross the fire facing directly to the eyes of the perpetuator and beyond, so beyond so we can remember the future and plan something for those days ahead of us when someone will remember the past that is now ours.

Que buena pestañita nos echamos Way @waysatta Me faltan más fotos durmiendo en compañía de la gente querida que construye con nosotrxs, pero se que sabemos muy bien estar cerca a la distancia, gracias amigxs @fallsbridgebh @chrisdoylestudio @barbarafoulkes_ @emilijaskarnulyte @tuomasalaitinen @dayalaalfonso @vdeguerrero @melaniekmclain @grenier.nicolas @hugocrosthwaite @asereht_tm @pablo.rasgado @luis_hidalgoo @egeriksen @johncheever @ana_bidart @dorian_fitzgerald @camilorestrepo.co @ishmaelrw @christine.rebet @leonardoremor @diamante_rocha_xiquexique @estudio_magali.lara @theo__michael @miruna.roxana.dragan @jason_de_haan @hanae_utamura @kellykleinschrodt @nick.fagan @alison.c.nguyen @bel.falleiros @ulisesmatamorosstudio @chasen_thajni @pescadores_de_la_prehistoria @pyctacolors @laprisvictoria @adrianbarcho @siiiiiiiiilversurffffeeeeeer @chucho.caba @txutxo_ by @lorenamal

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Nuestro estudio en Ciudad de México, gracias gracias gracias equipo maravilloso por un año con nosotrxs 💌 ~~~our studio in Mexico City, the dream team! 🔥 @opcit_org @laprisvictoria @adrianbarcho @siiiiiiiiilversurffffeeeeeer taken in Ciudad de México CDMX by @lorenamal

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Monde Possible 🌱 @janvaneyckacademie @yigelongpanpan @rori_rob.ritzen @punxh @nazarzar @younes_zarhoni @amshuchukki @nathaliemuchamad @anahita_norouzi @alexandriadouziech @nisrinembarki1 @sonxseed @florameteoro @plum404 @ankursque @tuomaalamartta @hej_hyuna @tagliagio @gabaa_4 @lukasheistinger @bernicenauta @theomaradel @carolinericcalee @khaizel22 @percyniinoi @lamonroy_arts @themissing_texture @mathias.palazzi @jeune.thomas @anna.karima @chipmunsk @brunoalvesalmeida @hichamkhalidi 🙏🏽 taken in Jan van Eyck Academie by @lorenamal

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