From april 1 to june 14, 2026

33 parts to make a whole, 2026
Video
9’41”
Music by Piotr Garbaczonek / Zampol Productions

Sala Abierta (Open Gallery) is an intangible space that is part of the MAZ galleries.

Filmed on the outskirts of Paris, France, where the artist lives, the work follows a man steering a motorized boat while towing 33 vessels behind him. As they move, they trace shifting formations across the water’s surface, gradually forming a circle that eventually dissolves.

The video renders this action as an ephemeral sculpture, reflecting Laviada’s ongoing interest in using ordinary objects as raw material for sculptural work. Drawing on land art traditions, such as Spiral Jetty (1970) by Robert Smithson, the piece also evokes ancestral circular forms and prehistoric monuments like Stonehenge.

The circular form recurs throughout Laviada’s practice as a motif that moves between the human and the universal, suggesting infinity, cycles (of nature, celestial bodies, and human life), and even time.

Alejandra Laviada is a Mexican artist based between Paris and Mexico City. She studied Fine Arts at the Rhode Island School of Design and completed a master’s degree at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her multidisciplinary practice emerges from the intersections of different media such as photography, sculpture, ceramics, and video, redefining their boundaries. Her work stems from an introspective exploration of personal experiences and is articulated around the notion of time from philosophical, scientific, and spiritual perspectives. Her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Mexico, the United States, and Europe, and is part of the collections of Museo Jumex, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, as well as various private collections.