Overview
Autoconstrucción translates as ‘self-building’ and refers to a kind of organic construction which has emerged as a product of urbanisation. During the 20th century rapid growth in Mexico City meant the arrival of many new citizens, seeking a better life. New districts of squatters appeared, creating houses from whatever they could find. ‘Popular architecture’ occurs in many parts of the world and is an expression of the people who inhabit it, as much as it is a manifestation of urgent needs and the capacity to improvise with the materials at hand.
Autoconstrucción is an examination of this phenomenon in the Ajusco district of Mexico City, where Cruzvillegas was born. Cruzvillegas is interested in the relationships between people and their spaces and their reciprocal effects. Cruzvillegas’ is now working on sculptural works that address similar issues and uses similar modes of working, breathing new life into discarded objects and materials.
Note: This work is R18 and contains explicit sex scenes.
Autoconstrucción is showing as part of The 5th Auckland Triennial.