{"product_id":"el-menso-metio-la-cabeza-en-un-hormiguero","title":"El menso metió la cabeza en un hormiguero","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThrough the visual diary of a journey across different countries in Latin America with her partner —a person with albinism—, Sofía Ayarzagoitia’s work explores what it means to inhabit difference in a world determined to correct it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eMoving between landscapes and portraits, the project goes beyond the realm of intimacy to enter the field of science, particularly genetics and contemporary technologies capable of intervening in bodies through the modification of DNA.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eIn El menso metió la cabeza en un hormiguero [The Fool Put His Head into an Ant Hill], the Mexican photographer offers a deeply personal perspective on the body as an affective and political territory, reaffirming her commitment to a visual language that oscillates between closeness and estrangement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSofía Ayarzagoitia (Monterrey, Mexico, 1987) is interested in photography with a performative dimension that nonetheless has its roots in the documentary tradition. This performative quality emerges from the empathetic relationship she establishes with her subjects.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMuch of her work revolves around intimacy and the themes that arise from it, maintaining a necessary link between art and life. Through her practice, she seeks to articulate her existential and psychological journey, while also exploring the fine line between memory and fiction, as well as notions of time and space.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn 2015, she earned a BA in Contemporary Photography from Universidad LaSalle College International in Monterrey and completed postgraduate studies at Chung-Ang University in Seoul. She also completed the European Master in Artistic Photography at IED (Istituto Europeo di Design) in Madrid. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions in Mexico and internationally. In 2016, she was nominated for the Paul Huf Award and received first prize at the 17th Photography Biennial of Centro de la Imagen (Mexico City). Her first monograph, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eEvery night temo ser la dinner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e, was published by La Fábrica in 2016. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eEl menso metió la cabeza en un hormiguero\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e, her second book, was the winning project of the Fotocanal open call organized in 2025 by the General Subdirectorate of Fine Arts of the Community of Madrid and Dalpine.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN 978-84-09-78526-1\u003cbr\u003eDalpine\/CAM, 2026\u003cbr\u003eDesign: Nerea G. Pascual\u003cbr\u003ePre-press: Arena\u003cbr\u003ePrinting: Artes Gráficas Palermo\u003cbr\u003e24x17 cm\u003cbr\u003e124 pages\u003cbr\u003e105 photographs\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover with flaps\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: Spanish\/English\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dalpine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52675167748439,"sku":"Menso","price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5567\/3687\/files\/El_Menso_-_portada.png?v=1769762272","url":"https:\/\/ibizaonestop.com\/products\/el-menso-metio-la-cabeza-en-un-hormiguero","provider":"Ibiza One Stop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}