Honorable Mention
BIO
Works and lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Juan works with photography, video and installations. She received the Guggenheim Fellowship,
Canadian Research Grant and UNESCO Awards among others.
Her latest solo exhibition were at Chelsea Art Museum, New York; Candiani Center, Venice, Italy;
Greenburger Collection, New York; Tigre Art Museum, Buenos Aires; RAM Foundation, Rotterdam,
Holland ; Museum of Latin American Art, Buenos Aires; University of West of England, Bristol, UK;
Vauxhall Centre, London; U.K.; Juttner Gallery, Vienna, Austria and Presse Papier Centre, Quebec,
Canada.
Publications: 2008: Polar South; 2006: Antarctica Project and 2004: Getting Over
Since 1990 she has exhibited extensively worldwide at Ear to the Earth Festival, New York; 2nd
Moscow Biennale; London Royal Academy, UK.; National Art Gallery of Seoul; International Biennial
Rotterdam etc.
Methane
The project I conducted in Antarctica with video installations, photos, and performances in the course of four expeditions ponders on the effects of climate change on the Antarctic Peninsula and is based upon the research of scientists from the Dirección Nacional del Antártico regarding the presence of methane gas and the disappearance of ice shelves. The idea was to take art to Antarctica and develop short-lived sites-specifics as a praise of sorts, displaying a peaceful presence. And once the exhibition came to an end, the biosphere was to be left just as it had been found. The only trace/work that has remained is a series of video and photographic records plus the recollections of the inhabitants.
The project reflects the apparition of methane gas particles on the surface, and the
disintegration of the Larsen Ice Shelf.