KiefferWoodtli’s AXES Opens at Alvarez Chida in Mexico City
New York-based Swiss duo KiefferWoodtli (Sara Kieffer and Lucien Woodtli) present their first Mexico City exhibition, AXES, at Alvarez Chida gallery's Espacio Báltico through July 27, 2026. Curated by Arantza Hernandez, the show uses the ellipse as a structural model to explore orientation without a fixed center. Works include Cave, an immersive elliptical installation with a crystallized textile skin and a light-sound environment tracking the sun's path via NASA data; Pendulum sculptures with metal arcs, wax discs, and volcanic stone; Resonance Studies, red-wire diagrams on handmade paper; and heliosPlates, a grid of thirty solar charts. The industrial hall in Nextitla is treated as a field, with works spaced to create gravitational zones. Photography by Celeste Oka.
Key facts
- KiefferWoodtli is a New York-based Swiss conceptual artist duo.
- AXES is their first exhibition in Mexico City.
- The exhibition runs from May 23 to July 27, 2026.
- Venue: Alvarez Chida at Espacio Báltico, Mar Báltico 24, Nextitla, Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City.
- Curator: Arantza Hernandez.
- Cave installation uses NASA solar data to track the sun's arc over Mexico City.
- Pendulum works incorporate volcanic stone and wax discs.
- heliosPlates consists of thirty grey solar chart panels with red gnomon indicators.
Entities
Artists
- Sara Kieffer
- Lucien Woodtli
- KiefferWoodtli
Institutions
- Alvarez Chida
- Espacio Báltico
- NASA
- Catapult
Locations
- New York
- Mexico City
- Nextitla
- Miguel Hidalgo
- Mexico