Gabriel Rodríguez Pellecer in Para quitarnos el susto

As part of La Nueva Fábrica’s 2024-2025 exhibition cycle, Para curarnos el susto explores themes of healing and resistance through a set of foundational questions: How has Guatemala resisted invasion, dispossession, racism, and genocide? What does healing look like in response to colonial forces, and who holds this knowledge?

The exhibition is a communal creation shaped by a curatorial team of Guatemalan women healers and artists. Collectives from various disciplines—such as theater, performance, gastronomy, textile arts, land defense, spiritual practices, and academic research—have been invited to dialogue with artists on the processes of healing and resistance.

The participating artists and collectives include Gabriel Rodríguez Pellecer with Museo del agua, Marilyn Boror Bor in collaboration with Movimiento Nacional de Tejedoras Mayas de Guatemala, María Fernanda Carlos with Caja Lúdica, Rosa Chávez with Selva y Cerro and Sonido Quilete, Kiara Aileen Machado with GuateMaya, Celeste Mayorga with Centro Q’anil, Marta Tuyuc Us with Colectivo Tz’aqol, and Sergio Valencia Salazar with Proyecto Parutz’.

Through these artistic exchanges, the exhibition unfolds as a multidisciplinary archive of societal, epistemic, communal, and individual healing practices rooted in the region. In addition to this rich archive, the exhibition features a central space with extensive documentation and a program of public events, allowing deeper engagement with the themes explored.

Para curarnos el susto is open to the public at La Nueva Fábrica (Plazuela Central de Santa Ana #55, Aldea Santa Ana de La Antigua Guatemala) until june of 2025.