Sara García Fernández on a residency at MGLC Švicarija
Sara García Fernández, SAiR resident from Spain, joined the residential art community at MGLC Švicarija from September till November 2024. During her residential stay she will be working on the project entitled moulding mourning mouths.
Her project reflects on planetary grief through multi-species feeding, the importance of coexistence and food ethics. The project focus on grains and bread, given its characteristic as an offering and its connection with hospitality, as well as with climate change; and the grief that we live for the irreversible loss of biodiversity.
Development phase of the project will be presented at MGLC Švicarija at the end of Sara’s residency, on 12 November 2024.
Sara García Fernández aims to expand the way we approach the unknown through the creation of experiences. For her, the unknown embodies the Other with whom collaboration is possible: the host and the guest. It is also about what we cannot master, control, or name. From this point of view, she is interested in questioning the look into the darkness from a rationalist perspective; she seeks recognition of the hidden in our experiences and tries to explore other ways of approaching what we call reality. Sara uses a variety of techniques, including the use of fermented foods, local clays, and foraged plants, to create intimate sensory experiences that explore the concept of hospitality and, by extension, our relationship with the Other.