Torrivilla is a multidisciplinary writer and strategic advisor in communication and content development for academic, audiovisual and journalistic projects on contemporary culture, he has worked for initiatives within New Inc., New Museum in New York, UNAM Piso 16, the Ministry of Culture of Jalisco, Coca-Cola FEMSA Foundation.
Researcher specialized in contemporary art and critical studies in Latin America, he is a PhD. candidate in Art History at National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Professor in the Master's Degree in Curatorial Studies at UNAM and in humanistic studies at the Tecnológico de Monterrey.
el círculo de la rosa
author
Profoundation, Mexico City, 2024
order
the circle of the rose is a historical essay, a documentary fiction and the assembly of an archive to tell an unpublished story of contemporary Venezuelan art
the circle of the rose is an experimental book about the Venezuelan artist Roberto Obregón—the man of the rose—and his circle of artist friends during the emergence of conceptual practices in the 1970s.
Design by Raúl Dieff
Cover by Florencia Alvarado
PRESS: El Nacional (VE): Torrivilla: "Like many Venezuelans, I have felt cornered by history." Interview with Torrivilla, by Isaac González Mendoza
Artishock (CL): " The rose and our illusion of history ." Review of the presentation performance at the Tamayo Museum in Mexico City, by Sonia Quintero
Deborah Castillo: Body of Work
editor
Profoundation, Mexico City, 2023
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El bravo tuky
co-author
Editorial Lugar Común, Caracas, 2015
PRO
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(That I especially like)
The circle of the rose
Presentation performance
Mendoza Hall, Caracas, 2024
Presenting the body: theory and practice of the book Body of work
Presentation performance with Deborah Castillo
Chopo University Museum , Mexico City, 2023
Video recording, Museo del Chopo YouTube Channel
EDU
CA
TION
Betraying identity
Central University of Venezuela, Room 201, 2022
Convened by Labo Ciudadano and the Center of Literature Students
Knock down sacred cows
Workshop for activists
Caracas, Venezuela, 2022
In partnership with Labo Ciudadano
A closed-door workshop for artists, activists and cultural managers, focused on reflecting on the construction of counternarratives through art, in the face of the great story of the nation and its categorization of identities.