For Lederach, transforming a conflict requires moving beyond immediate solutionsand opening up the possibility of imagining, different futures— in whichpeople can recognize one another, rebuild trust, and forge bonds that previouslyseemed impossible.It is not merely a matter of resolving a specific problem, but rather of creating theconditions for sustainable relationships that enable a more just, dignified, andhumane coexistence. This imagination entails ethical sensitivity and a profoundunderstanding of human dynamics within conflict situations.
Title: Moral Imagination
Medium: Platanenallee, installation. 1,500 meters of fuchsia, pink, and orange threads.
Year: 2026
Concept: Based on John Paul Lederach’s conflict transformation theories.
Exhibitions:Kunstpreis DIANA (Group Exhibition), Rumpenheim, Offenbach am Main, Germany (September 2026)
This intimate two-person exhibition brings together the artistic voices of Carmen Espinosa and Carolina Brijaldo, two female creators who migrated from Colombia to Europe—one settling in Ripollet and the other in Germany Through their distinct practices, the exhibition explores the body as a territory of memory, its political dimension, resistance, and migrant identity, reflecting on how roots are reshaped from a distance.
Carmen Espinosa's Work: An immersive installation featuring a blanket woven from recycled packaging, suspended alongside photographic documentation of a performance.
Carolina Brijaldo's Work: A multi-disciplinary presentation featuring a video performance exploring the concept of "home," a photographic series capturing the act of walking and burying feet into the earth, and a conceptual triad composed of a map, a textile house, and a photograph.
Interactive Installation: The exhibition features an interactive house structure where visitors are invited to participate by writing down their own definitions and locations of "home.
Title: Views, Two Migrant Women
Artists: Carmen Espinosa & Carolina Brijaldo
Medium: Mixed media exhibition (Video performance, photography series, textile elements, and interactive installation)
Year:2026
Concept: Migration, memory, and the reconstruction of identity from a distance
Exhibitions: Two-Person Exhibition, Cultural Center, Ripollet, Barcelona, Spain, March (2026)
Home transcends its mere physical location on a map and becomes a continuous act of care: a refuge where one can be sustained and nourished. For migrants, home evolves from a static place to an inner landscape carried within the body. It acquires an ephemeral quality, becoming a house woven from memories, skin, and the absences of what was left behind.
Title: Home Sweet Home
Medium: Video performance in loop 3 min
Year: 2025
Concept: Memories That Meet" – reflecting on the question, where do you feel at home?
Exhibitions: At Friedrich - Alexander University Erlangen- Nürnberg, Germany ..Decolonizing the Academy, Strategies, Praxis and Methods from Women of The Global South
This exhibition addresses the hybrid nature of cultural identity: shifting memories, reinvented traditions, and roots that are never static, but constantly evolving. The title itself suggests this rich duality. "Cumbias desbordadas" (Un-Embroidered / Overflowing Cumbias) references bodies, rhythms, and emotions that transcend borders. Together, these elements weave a narrative of transformation—one that is deeply corporeal, rebellious, and profoundly alive.
The original conceptual framework was developed by Liz K. Peñuela; however, the project evolved and was enriched through the collaborative ideas, contributions, and collective work of all three members.
Title: Orígenes Mutantes: Cumbias Des-Bordadas , Mutant Origins: Un-Embroidered Cumbias.
Artists: Carmen Espinosa, Liz Peñuela, Carolina Brijaldo.
Medium: Interdisciplinary mixed-media exhibition (Video installation, documentary interviews, conceptual cartography, live performance, and collaborative textile workshop)
Year:2025
Concept: Hybrid cultural identity, collective memory, and the border-transcending rhythms of migration
Exhibitions: Political Art Days /Cambio e.V., Dresden, Germany and Frihamnstorget Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden 2025
Video collage, 3 min loop, including photographs of the three collective members.
Bendito es el Fruto directed/made by Liz K Peñuela 2025.