Colombian artist Ana María Devis presents her first solo institutional exhibition, 'From One Life Into Another', at the Bogotá Museum of Modern Art (MAMBO). The centerpiece is a bacteria-infested bed left to decompose for a year after a friend's father died and his apartment was abandoned. Devis, trained in scenography and based in Bogotá, worked with mycologist Tatiana Sanjuán to sterilize and preserve the decaying materials, transforming them into installations, a videowork, and research photographs that explore decay as a site of new life.
The exhibition matters because it reframes decay not as decline but as an opportunity for new ecosystems to emerge, connecting intimate domestic spaces with broader environmental processes. Devis's work taps into contemporary cultural conversations around 'bed rotting' and digital exhaustion, offering a tangible, biological counterpoint. The show also marks a significant institutional milestone for an artist who has spent three decades working primarily in local and regional contexts, bringing her empirical, microbe-focused practice to a major museum audience.