Damián Ortega: Do It Yourself

Damiàn Ortega is one of the most significant among the new generation of Mexican artists, along with Gabriel Orozco. Noted for dismantling objects for everyday use, like the famous Volkswagen Bug, and putting them back together, the artist playfully and imaginatively explores the parts that make up an automobile, a body, a dwelling or an economic system. Do It Yourself presents interviews with the artist, along with footage shot at his studios in Mexico City and Berlin, and images from his collaboration with a Tuscan artisan for the producion of several blown-glass sculptures.