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Gala Berger

Gala Berger (Argentina, 1983) is a visual artist and independent curator. Berger's work is rooted in Latin America, and she builds independent spaces to develop her projects. She is a co-founder of Casa MA (2018-2022), co-founder of the experimental museum La Ene (Museum of Contemporary Art New Energy 2010-2020), and co-founder of the Paraguay Printed Art Fair. Berger's work is related to speculative fabulation, dissident fictions, and critical institutional activism.

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Keeping ourselves united

by Gala Berger
1. Set the tone. Scent.
2. Imagine the tone.
Listen to Ali Farka Toure's 1990 album, The River.
3. Get a 1.5kg bag of your favorite beans.
4. Put your hand inside the bag and feel the textures.
5. Choose a bean and rotate it between your fingers.
6. Choose other beans and observe the shadows they create between your fingers.
7. Don't drop them.
8. Use your body to prevent the beans from falling, hold them with different parts of your body.
9. Don't drop them.
10. You can use other people's bodies and hold the beans for as long as possible.
11. When finished, cook your beans and eat them.

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