Master Project
Rosela del Bosque
On the Overflow Forms of the Colorado River Delta
On the Overflow Forms of the Colorado River Delta iis an ongoing research and exhibition project that engages the geology of the Delta and the hydrogeological memories embedded in Mexicali. It traces the consequences of systemic extractivism through a geological lens—attending to shifting time scales, the disappearance of geological phenomena, and the control and exploitation of water and energy, while considering how these forces continue to shape present-day ecologies in the Lower Colorado River region.
The project emerges from reflections on the Delta’s so-called overflow forms: Volcano Lake, the extinct volcano of Cerro Prieto, the Cerro Prieto Geothermal Power Plant, and the Salton Sea. It is rooted in the collective research of Archivo Familiar del Río Colorado, a collaborative and evolving community archive dedicated to gathering, making visible, and rearticulating intimate narratives of human–river relationships, primarily within the Delta region.
This curatorial project brings together works by local artists that engage practices of deep listening, photography, moving image, and archival inquiry. As part of the curatorial process, the project has also unfolded through a series of sound explorations and site-based walks focused on geothermal phenomena—such as geysers and mud volcanoes—as well as research visits with artists to geothermal power plants in Imperial Valley, California, and Mexicali.
Developed as both an exhibition and a collective research process, the project includes the work of Mexicali-based artists Karina Villalobos, Jessica Sevilla, Hugo Fermé, Pastizal Zamudio, and Mayté Miranda, alongside California-based artist Cynthia Hopper.
Rosela del Bosque is a curator based in Mexico City. Her work explores ways of addressing ecological loss and degradation mediated by process-oriented artistic research, archives, and curatorial practice. She holds a BA in Art History from Universidad de las Américas Puebla and a Master of Advanced Studies in Curating from Zurich University of the Arts. She is currently Associate curator at Museo Jumex in Mexico City.
She was a cohort in the inaugural Postnatural Independent Program (PIP 2023) by the Institute for Postnatural Studies in Madrid and Materia Abierta ed. 2024 Summer School in Mexico City. She has participated in panel discussions and presented her work at Intermediae Matadero, OnCurating Project Space, SOMA, INSITE, and TBA21. Her writings have been published in Catalyst, Piscina, On Curating, and Cthulhu Books. She has received scholarships and grants from Fomento Jumex Arte Contemporáneo (2022) and PECDA Baja California (2023-24).
Alongside curator Daniela Lieja Quintanar, she co-curated the mid-career survey exhibition Ingrid Hernández, 20 años de arte en construcción, presented at Centro Cultural Tijuana. Additionally, she was a professor at the School of Arts, UABC Mexicali, and an assistant curator for the next edition of the Mexicali Biennial, PARA/normal Borders.
