Random Institute is a testing ground for new exhibition formats and random ideas.
About
Random Institute is an extension of what a contemporary art institution can be, that is to say, truly unbothered by rules and bureaucracy.
From 2016 until 2019, Random Institute ran the curatorial program of the international contemporary art center Despacio in San José, Costa Rica.
From 2016 until 2019, Random Institute ran the curatorial program of the international contemporary art center Despacio in San José, Costa Rica.
People behind
Random Institute is directed by and brings together curatorial and publishing activities of the co-founders Sandino Scheidegger and Luca Müller.
This site was coded by Sarvesh Dwivedi and Emmanouil Zoumpoulakis and designed by Sandino Scheidegger.
This site was coded by Sarvesh Dwivedi and Emmanouil Zoumpoulakis and designed by Sandino Scheidegger.
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Happened in March 2018
Agrofit (In Focus)
With Agrofit, art has never felt this healthy. Mixing farms and fitness, Carlos Fernández has taken to the wooded hills of Costa Rica for a series of exercises built to blur the lines between working out, political protest, and artistic performance.
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Fernández, who works as a trainer in organic farming practices, sees Agrofit as a way to counter agricultural policies that have progressively come to damage us all. From those who grow our food to those who consume it—without forgetting the earth our eating habits are draining—Agrofit is a form of artistic protest and performance conceived to safeguard our health in the face of politics that are turning a blind eye to social and ecological concerns. So sit back, warm up, and get ready for the workout of a lifetime.
Learn more about Fernández on the Web, Instagram or contact him by email.
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This piece is presented as part of In Focus, a monthly series showcasing new video art that caught our eyes, made us think, or that we simply couldn’t forget.
Agrofit will also be on display at the Latin America overview show at the Palais de Tokyo (Paris) opening in February 2018.
Agrofit, 2014
Carlos Fernández
Video, 6:00 min
Unique video
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