About Us
El Sótano Art Space is an artist-run digital alternative space that focuses on catalyzing art conversation.
“Space is not a thing but rather a set of relations between things… Itself the outcome of past actions, social space is what permits fresh actions to occur, while suggesting others and prohibits yet others… Social space becomes simultaneously, both a field of action (offering its extension to the deployment of projects and practical intentions) and a basis of action (a set of places whence energies derive and whither energies are directed).”
Manifesto
El Sótano is a social space.
El Sótano is a space for community.
It is a space where art is the catalyst to spark conversations about topics that are current and need to be addressed.
El Sótano is a space for reflection.
It is space where art become a tool for meditation and introspection.
A space where art creates social gathering and experiences.
Where viewers are not passive, but rather are engaged with the art and each other.
El Sótano is a creative space.
A space to think and reflect on how we can change and better the community through creative means.
As of Fall of 2019, El Sótano Art Space is an satellite organization and no longer in our origin physical space in Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY.
Victoria Luzuriaga Bastidas, Ecuador
Co-Founder & Director
I am a multidisciplinary artist, instructor, and researcher Ecuador currently based in Queens, New York. My work and research focuses on creative development, socially-engaged art practices, and holistic, conscious, and accessible approaches to education, art, and community development.
My artistic work is highly influenced by my scientific background, bringing the concepts of experimentation, chance, and finding parallels between daily life and the forces of nature that are constantly reacting with them. Using a research-based approach to build on the historical, cultural, and psychological structures allows me to create a visual understanding of the questions and issues I explore within my work.
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Julio Alejandro Rodriguez Pozos, Mexico
Co- Founder
Born in Mexico City, living in NYC since 2017.
My own practice deals with gender, identity, sex and sexuality in the context of Mexico, approaching them as historical and social artifacts. I collaborate often with Archivo GIS researching these topics through academic and art methodologies.
Writing and video are the main mediums I employ, you can find my work in the links below.
𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚎: 𝚠𝚠𝚠.𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚋𝚎.𝚕𝚢/𝟹𝚑𝚏𝙵𝚢𝚇𝚂
𝚟𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚘: 𝚟𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚘.𝚌𝚘𝚖/𝚓𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚓𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚘
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