CURATORIAL.RO: Alejandra Moros on physicality, reality, and science fiction

American artist Alejandra Moros considers physicality to be of enduring importance. In an interview with Curatorial, she talks about her obsession over small details, about Florida as a source of inspiration—“a place that is ecologically and politically precarious”—and about the real world, which has much to offer, noting that the stories and futures imagined by people are far more valuable to her than those invented by something powered by artificial intelligence models.

Alejandra Moros (b. 2000, Miami) uses painting, drawing, and found objects to explore themes such as transformation, science fiction, and adaptation, drawing on her interest in how bodily alteration can serve as an indicator of time, place, and intention. She lives in Miami, exploring the connections between these themes and the Florida landscape.

Following exhibitions in his home county, as well as in Los Angeles, London, and Amsterdam, she is currently participating with works in the group exhibition “In the Body Lies the Truth” at the IOMO Gallery in Bucharest, which explores the body’s involuntary language.

The works of the nine artists selected by Thom Oosterhof can be viewed through June 13 at the Combinatul Fondului Plastic venue.

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- Your work often treats the body as something fluid and adaptable rather than fixed. What first drew you to the body as your primary subject?

Alejandra Moros: I’ve always joked with friends that we’re playing a constant association game – “this looks like that, which reminds me of that other thing, which looks like this…” — and zooming in on parts of the body that drew me in to begin with feels like letting others in on the game. From there the web of interests and influences on the work expanded greatly, but the focus on the body was initially born from my tendency to obsess over small details and what they remind me of.

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Read the full interview here: https://curatorial.ro/en/art/interview-alejandra-moros-on-physicality-reality-and-science-fiction/