Mabel Tapia is an independent curator and researcher. She has held different institutional roles and has worked as a teacher and editor. She is the author of essays and publications on issues of institutionality and contemporary artistic practices. She is part of the Conceptualismos del Sur network and the editorial team of the digital magazine Des-bordes. In the field of research, she is interested in 21st century artistic practices that are mainly characterized by the deactivation of the aesthetic function, articulating the use of archives, heuristic proposals and political practices.