Alex Santana
is the Manager of Public Engagement and Social Media at Mana Contemporary. She earned her BA from New York University in Latin American Studies with a focus on Modern and Contemporary Art (2014), and her MA from Tulane University in Latin American and Caribbean Studies (2016).
Guest Critic
Alex Santana
My fondest childhood memories are not of playing on grassy backyard lawns, in idyllic single-family homes on tree-lined streets, but instead include exploring the remnants of these semi-abandoned factories and decaying structures (and subsequently empty concrete lots once they began to began to be torn down). I look back on those adventures with an uncanny, yet fond, nostalgia. I’ve taken special interest in art spaces housed in former industrial settings. Lately, I’ve been asking myself: What does it mean when arts spaces co-opt, preserve, and re-contextualize industrial remnants?
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