Paraguayan filmmaker Hugo Giménez will open his first solo exhibition, “Liminal”. The exhibition combines videos, installations, and images to explore liminal spaces, mythical imaginaries, and emotions tied to Paraguay’s Stroessner dictatorship. Starting in Asunción on Monday 2 February, 2026 at 19:30 at Azara 845, Casa Bicentenario de las Artes Visuales, CCR Cabildo.
“Liminal will be my first solo exhibition and, symbolically, it comes at a significant moment for our society,” Giménez explains.
Liminal: Exploring memory through new technologies
The Liminal exhibition incorporates retro-game aesthetics, virtual and augmented reality experiences, projections, and graphic works. Giménez collaborated with composer Fran Villalba on sound design. Also, dubbing actress and journalist Cynthia Schaerer lent her voice to the project. Raúl Araújo handled the installation.
“The construction of memory is a daily task of constant renewal. In this exhibition, the liminal is presented through a transition between memory and forgetting. The tension between the current generation and those who lived through the end of the dictatorship is at the heart of the work.”
Giménez adds: “We urgently need to create spaces of memory to engage with one another for a fairer future. We deserve it.” The aim is to encourage younger generations to reflect on Paraguay’s past while fostering dialogue among different historical perspectives.
Who is Hugo Giménez?
Hugo Giménez is a writer, storyteller, and filmmaker. He was selected for the 8th Talents Buenos Aires–Berlinale BACIFI in 2013. His debut fiction feature, Matar a un muerto (Killing a dead man), a co-production between Paraguay, Argentina, France, and Germany, premiered at MALBA in 2019 and in Paraguayan cinemas in 2020.
The film represented Paraguay at the 2021 Goya Awards and the 2021 Oscars and was nominated for Best Ibero-American Debut Feature at the 2021 Platino Awards. He is the director of the production company El Espejo Cine, a cinematography lecturer, and a consultant for film projects.
“Art as an exercise in ethical resistance.”
For curator Luis Vera, Liminal is more than an exhibition. “This work understands art as an exercise in ethical resistance,” Vera says. “Crossing the threshold of 36 years between dictatorship and democracy, Paraguayan society does not reach a final destination, but assumes greater historical responsibility.” He adds: “The latency in Liminal reminds us that freedom is not the absence of shadows, but the capacity to shine light upon them through art and truth.”
The exhibition will open Monday to Friday, from 08:00 to 18:00, until March 2026, with free admission. The initiative is supported by Paraguay’s National Fund for Culture and the Arts, Codehupy (within the Democratic Memory Project, CCEJS AECID – Paraguay), and Casa Bicentenario de las Artes Visuales Ignacio Nuñez Soler, CCR Cabildo.
