Carlos VIELMA “A mechanical wilderness”

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A mechanical wilderness is a video installation filmed in a Mexican ghost town. It was inspired by The Million-Year Picnic, the final short story in Ray Bradbury’s post-apocalyptic science fiction book The Martian Chronicles. In Bradbury’s timely dystopian tale, a family escapes Earth in an attempt to rebuild their life on Mars. Similarly, Vielma’s rural adaptation of the story explores the themes of migration, colonization, and human existence on our planet. It is accompanied by a series of archeological artifacts found in the ghost town that transport the viewer to the threshold between fiction and reality.

Period	Oct 11 (Sat) - Nov 9 (Sun), 2025
Closed	Mondays (except Oct 13, Nov 3), Oct 14, Nov 4
Time	11:00-19:00
Admission	Free
Venue	Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo: Space A (1F)

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Date	Nov 1 (Sat) 14:00-
Speaker	Carlos VIELMA
Admission	Free
Venue	Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo: Space A (1F)
Language	English

Profile

Trained as an architect, Carlos Vielma is a Mexican visual artist who explores the aesthetics of contemporary ruins and their reconstruction through fiction. His paintings, videos, and installations deal with subjects such as migration, borders, landscapes, and monuments. He is currently interested in art as it relates to public spaces. Recent exhibitions: “Here the homeland begins,” Marco, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Mexico, 2025, “An Infinite Picnic,” Lawndale Art Center, Houston Texas, United States, 2025.

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Carlos VIELMA