RED MATERIA

LOCALLY SOURCED WOOD

METALS

RAMMED EARTH

MYCELIUM

NATURAL FIBERS

FOOD

LANDSCAPES

IS EVERYTHING A MATERIAL?

CERAMICS

STONE

PLANTS

GLASS

VOLCANIC ROCK

WHAT IS "MATERIAL?"

LOCALLY SOURCED WOOD ✦ METALS ✦ RAMMED EARTH ✦ MYCELIUM ✦ NATURAL FIBERS ✦ FOOD ✦ LANDSCAPES ✦ IS EVERYTHING A MATERIAL? ✦ CERAMICS ✦ STONE ✦ PLANTS ✦ GLASS ✦ VOLCANIC ROCK ✦ WHAT IS "MATERIAL?" ✦



we are a network

Based in Guatemala, Red Materia (“Matter Newtork” in Spanish) is composed of local designers, artisans, architects, artists, and other creatives that are united their focus on material investigation.

Through this network, we create publications, exhibitions, residencies, events, and workshops that connect our knowledge and experience with other creatives, organizations, and regions. Ultimately, our goal is to discover and fortify innovative (and ancient) connections with nature.

ROOTED IN GUATEMALA

OUR COUNTRY IS FAMOUS FOR ITS TIGHT-KNIT NETWORKS, FOR ITS ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT, AND FOR GETTING THINGS DONE THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE.

GUATEMALA IS ALSO KNOWN FOR ITS NATURAL RESOURCES, FOR EXPLOITATIVE MINING AND AGRICULTURE, FOR NATURAL DISASTERS THAT LINGER WITHOUT REPAIR, AND FOR EXTRACTIVE TOURISM.

RED MATERIA LEVERAGES NETWORKS, COMMUNITY, AND CRITICAL THINKERS WHO APPROACH NATURAL RESOURCES IN POSITIVE WAYS, AND WHO ARE WORKING ALREADY TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE CHANGE.

IN GUATEMALA, LAND AND CREATIVE PRACTICES ARE ENTANGLED, OUR PARTICULAR CONTEXT DEFINES OUR MATERIAL ACCESS, AND WE ARE MADE VERY AWARE OF HOW THINGS ARE SOURCED.

ALL THIS TO SAY: THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE TO EXPLORE THE “MATERIAL.”

in the works:

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EVENTS

PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS

WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES

PARTNER MEETS

SITE VISITS

EXHIBITIONS

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PUBLICATIONS

RESIDENCIES

PRINTED JOURNAL

ONLINE LIBRARY OF VIDEOS

DIGITAL KNOWLEDGE-SHARING

LINK MEMBERS TO RESOURCES

 

DESIGNERS AND ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

COLLABORATIONS WITH LOCAL PARTNERS

GROUP RESIDENCIES FOCUSED ON A THEME OR MATERIAL

FUTURE CONNECTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCIES FOR LOCAL DESIGNERS AND RESEARCHERS

“The figure of the human is not sharply defined. It is part of the living Earth that it designs in just as the living Earth is part of it… It is precisely the lack of clear line between human and world that provokes or energizes design as the attempt to draw such a line…”

-Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley

“Matter is neither fixed and given nor the mere end result of different processes. Matter is produced and productive, generated and generative. Matter is agentive, not a fixed essence or property of things.” 

-Karen Barad

“It is a matter of deciding whether you are terrestrial or not, in order to regain orientation in today’s torn settings in society, politics, and ecology.”

-Jan Boelen & Michael Kaethler

RED MATERIA

CASA MATERIA

REVISTA MATERIA

RED MATERIA ✦ CASA MATERIA ✦ REVISTA MATERIA ✦



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