Fernando Palma Rodriguez

2019 Exhibition Artist

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Fernando Palma Rodríguez (born in 1957, Atocpan-San Pedro, Mexico; lives in Mexico City, Mexico) combines his training as an artist and mechanical engineer to create robotic sculptures that utilize custom software to perform complex, narrative choreographies. His works respond to issues facing Indigenous communities in Mexico, addressing human and land rights, violence and urgent environmental crises. Fernando lives in an agricultural region outside Mexico City where he co-founded Calpulli Tecalco, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving Nahua language and culture.

Exhibit

Fernando Palma Rodríguez at 259 Lake Shore Blvd E

A swarm of 104 robotic monarch butterflies are programmed to respond to seismic frequencies. Monarchs, which have suffered rapid decline, are the only species to migrate between Mexico and Canada annually. Palma Rodríguez’s installation, Cihuapapalutzin, questions our unwavering faith in technology and the perception that it will save us from catastrophic climate change. Tocihuapaplutzin in […]

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September 21 – December 1, 2019

Fernando Palma Rodríguez and Napachie Pootoogook, installation view at 259 Lake Shore Blvd E, Toronto Biennial of Art (2019). Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid. Courtesy the Toronto Biennial of Art.
Fernando Palma Rodríguez, Cihuapapalutzin, 2019, recycled aluminum (beer and soft drink cans), electronics, mechanics, software. Commissioned by the Toronto Biennial of Art. On view at 259 Lake Shore Blvd E as part of the Toronto Biennial of Art (2019). Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid. Courtesy the Toronto Biennial of Art.
Fernando Palma Rodríguez, Cihuapapalutzin, 2019, recycled aluminum (beer and soft drink cans), electronics, mechanics, software. Commissioned by the Toronto Biennial of Art. On view at 259 Lake Shore Blvd E as part of the Toronto Biennial of Art (2019). Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid. Courtesy the Toronto Biennial of Art.
Fernando Palma Rodríguez, Cihuapapalutzin, 2019, recycled aluminum (beer and soft drink cans), electronics, mechanics, software. Commissioned by the Toronto Biennial of Art. On view at 259 Lake Shore Blvd E as part of the Toronto Biennial of Art (2019). Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid. Courtesy the Toronto Biennial of Art.
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