To Gaze at the Ethnographic. Ethnography, Contemporary art, and Heritage Communities. The contributors to this issue look at the ethnographic as it emerges in the history and practice of contemporary art, in museums, and in the struggles of heritage communities. Through artistic, curatorial, and writing practices, they bring ethnographic collections, heritage communities, and art contexts into relation and explore ways of transforming the ethnographic gaze and orienting it toward collaborative and reparative aims. Edited by Catalina Alvarado Cañuta and Sebastián Eduardo Dávila. Marcela Moraga contributed a text and images about her project The man of stone and other treasures. Link to download the journal: https://ahnp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/kb/issue/view/7567
Marcela Moraga is funded by the Comité Mixto ESO-Chile 2025 for the project “Astronomía y Textil” (Astronomy and Textiles) which will be carried out between 2026 and 2027. The Comité Mixto ESO-Chile is composed of ESO (European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere) and representatives from Chilean ministries and the regional governments of Antofagasta and Coquimbo. The selected projects use astronomy as a tool to promote community development in the Antofagasta and Coquimbo regions, focusing on thematic areas such as Astronomy and Culture.
As part of Berlin Science Week 2025 and the Anatomia Publica residency, Marcela Moraga presents a textile installation in one of the rooms of TA T (Animal Anatomy Theater). In addition, on Thursday, November 6, she will give a talk with astronomer Lickanantay Basilio Solís at the same location. https://berlinscienceweek.com/de/foundation/people/marcela-moraga
Stadt der Lebewesen (City of Living Beings) the history of Berlin told through its plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms. An audioguide project by Club Real (Mathia*s Lenz, Paz Ponce, Georg Reinhardt, Marianna Sonneck)& Organismendemokratie/Organisms Democracy e.V. in cooperation with Ballhaus Ost. Marcela Moraga wrote the story of zebra mussels (No. 3) and the community of bats (No. 25) that hibernate in the Zitadelle Spandau.
SO 09.11.25 · Bustour (DE) · 11–14 Uhr Grande Tour BERLIN
FR 24.10.25 · bike tour (DE) · 16–18 Uhr
SA 18.10.25 · bike tour (DE) · 11–13 Uhr
To listen to the stories, click on this link (sorry, only in German)
https://karte-berlin.organismendemokratie.org/
Anatomia Publica Open Stage for Scientific, Aesthetic, and Social Research Practices. Anatomia publica allows a closer look at the ‘anatomy of research’ as a social event. It enters into a dialogue with this tradition of experimenting with forms of knowledge exchange and at the same time examines the challenges for the museums of the future. A project from Paz Ponce, Curator TA T
Research residency at TA T (Tieranatomische Theater/ Animal Anatomy Theater) in Berlin, October and November 2025. https://tieranatomisches-theater.de/project/anatomiapublica-2025-kosmologie-einer-oase/
As a collective installation Das Kasino (The Casino) refers to the history of a unique cultural building of the Chilean Unidad Popular of President Allende (1970-73). Contemporary reinterpretations reflect social designs for present experiences. The exhibition becomes the starting point for an artistically experimental exploration of social spaces, design practices and historical visions.
Connect Chile residency 2024
Arts at CERN, in collaboration with the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, has announced Swiss artist Dominique Koch and Chilean artist Marcela Moraga as the two selected artists for the Connect Chile dual residency. The two honorees will complete a dual residency, spending three weeks at CERN, Geneva, and three weeks at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. The residency in Chile is organised and coordinated by the Centro Interactivo de los Conocimientos – MIM.
https://home.cern/news/news/cern/cern-and-pro-helvetia-announce-selected-artists-connect-chile-residency