ABRAHAM CRUZVILLEGAS
BEWITCHES
LA BRUJA DE TEXCOCO
Free, RSVP required
BEWITCHES
LA BRUJA DE TEXCOCO
Free, RSVP required
Wednesday,
September 9, 2026
6:30pm
Doors
7pm
Event begins
Limited capacity
September 9, 2026
6:30pm
Doors
7pm
Event begins
Limited capacity
Abraham Cruvillegas calls it autoconstrucción, which loosely translates to “self-construction.”
He uses the term not to describe some type of object, but a state of affairs. Something akin to improvisation but from within the specific context of an urban landscape like the one in his childhood home of Colonia Ajusco, a district in the south of Mexico City—an unstable place that sits on volcanic rock, where everything is in a constant state of fragmentation and transformation. It’s a place where change and collaboration are built into any act of construction, and where adjustments are made whenever materials or circumstances demand it. Nothing is ever finished.
This notion informs his own sculptural practice but extends far past that to encompass the way Abraham thinks about materials, landscape, people, and identity more generally.
He uses the term not to describe some type of object, but a state of affairs. Something akin to improvisation but from within the specific context of an urban landscape like the one in his childhood home of Colonia Ajusco, a district in the south of Mexico City—an unstable place that sits on volcanic rock, where everything is in a constant state of fragmentation and transformation. It’s a place where change and collaboration are built into any act of construction, and where adjustments are made whenever materials or circumstances demand it. Nothing is ever finished.
This notion informs his own sculptural practice but extends far past that to encompass the way Abraham thinks about materials, landscape, people, and identity more generally.
Abraham comes to New York from Mexico City along with La Bruja de Texcoco, a singer, musician, actress, and dancer. She is an entity in transition of identity—an entity in transition to femininity. Her pronoun is witch. The witch of Texcoco.
“I’m interested in La Bruja de Texcoco’s work,” he says, “as a revelation of ancient voices intertwined with new ones, with more accurate perceptions of the specific needs of the 21st century—not only in terms of gender politics, but also as related to the future of music as a field of production of knowledge, pleasure, and desire.”
Singing and playing the harp, La Bruja performs her appropriations of traditional Mexican rhythms while Abraham reads some of his poetry.
This event is made possible with the friendly support of AeroMexico and kurimanzutto.
“I’m interested in La Bruja de Texcoco’s work,” he says, “as a revelation of ancient voices intertwined with new ones, with more accurate perceptions of the specific needs of the 21st century—not only in terms of gender politics, but also as related to the future of music as a field of production of knowledge, pleasure, and desire.”
Singing and playing the harp, La Bruja performs her appropriations of traditional Mexican rhythms while Abraham reads some of his poetry.
This event is made possible with the friendly support of AeroMexico and kurimanzutto.
Performance at UNAM, Mexico City, 2018
Abraham Cruzvillegas (b. 1968, Mexico) is an artist. He has had major exhibitions at the Bass Museum of Art, Miami (2020); the Arts Club of Chicago (2019); Kunsthaus Zurich (2018); the Kitchen, New York (2017); Tate Modern, London (2015); and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2013), among many others. He lives and works in Mexico City.
La Bruja de Texcoco is a transgender musician and performer who redirects Mexican folk music towards femininity. The Muxes of Juchitan de Zaragoza, the Maringuias of Michoacán, the Chuntaes from Chiapa de Corzo are all part of La Bruja. Her debut album De Brujas Peteneras y Chachalacas was released in 2019.
Due to the age and character of the building, the space is not optimized for ADA accessibility and is located up a single flight of 20 stairs with handrails. If you have questions about access, please contact us in advance of the event, and we will make every effort to accommodate you.
