Latest Past Events

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 […]

Window Installation by Guillermo Estrada and Holiday Hours

MXCL BNL LAB 6545 Greenleaf Ave, Whittier

Beginning  December 6, MexiCali Biennial artist-in-residence Guillermo Estrada, will create a window installation at the MXCL BNL LAB. As part of Estrada's current exhibition Almendroides, Aliens & Indígenas, the artist will create a graphic window "portal" as a parallax experience of the artwork, while also referencing the liminality and impermanence of  borders. Please note that […]