Latest Past Events

MexiCali Biennial: Then, Now, Next Mini-Symposium and LAB Closing event

MXCL BNL LAB 6545 Greenleaf Ave, Whittier

The MexiCali Biennial presents a miniature symposium dedicated to highlighting scholars’, curators’, and artists’ contributions to the retrospective catalog, MexiCali Biennial: Art, Actions, Exchanges Since 2006. This symposium consists of two panels: the first explores the past, present, and future of the MexiCali Biennial and border art as a discipline; the second is a discussion […]

Alien Excavations

MXCL BNL LAB 6545 Greenleaf Ave, Whittier

Alien Excavations is an exhibition built around the small-run artist book ALIEN, unfolding through ephemeral source materials, and interactive stations. PURCHASE ALIEN HERE. ALIEN began as an idea “in space,” emerging from the MexiCali Biennial’s PARA/normal Borders Lab as a speculative publishing project that both embodies and interrogates the concept of alienness within and beyond […]

Artist Talk | Guillermo Estrada & Rubén Ortiz-Torres

MXCL BNL LAB 6545 Greenleaf Ave, Whittier

Join us for a discussion by transborder artist Guillermo Estrada and Rubén Ortiz-Torres. The artists will discuss Estrada's current residency at the MXCL BNL LAB and themes around topics related to the border as a supernatural zone. This event is part of an artist residency and exhibition, Guillermo Estrada: ALMENDROIDS, ALIEN & INDÍGENA on view […]