Curiosity Labs Berlin - Emilio Chapela Studio

A narrative too subtle for a dream

Everything moved rapidly, disappearing behind me. I thought about the urgency of noticing time as it manifests in the things of this world.

Mar 30 • Emilio Chapela—Curiosity Labs

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February 2026

Belonging Beyond Ownership

We are drifting toward an economy of commodified access, where passwords define us. It is urgent to reclaim belonging — and to rethink ownership and art…

Feb 25 • Emilio Chapela—Curiosity Labs

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The human balero

As an artist you are always playing an uncomfortable game. You are on the spot, troubled, half naked, split between yourself and your artwork, turned…

Feb 4 • Emilio Chapela—Curiosity Labs

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January 2026

A note on New Year's and thermodynamics

At the atmospheric level, heat regulation and homeostasis is probably the biggest challenge of our times.

Jan 2 • Emilio Chapela—Curiosity Labs

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December 2025

We glow!

We inaugurated Curiosity Labs Berlin and Emilio Chapela Studio in Berlin! Thanks for coming. Please subscribe to receive news on future “thermal events…

Dec 14, 2025 • Emilio Chapela—Curiosity Labs

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July 2025

I dreamt the entire planet was flooding.

"The Lake Rose to the Sky" is the name of my solo exhibition at Arroniz gallery in Mexico City that proposes flooding both as image and metaphor. And…

Jul 9, 2025 • Emilio Chapela—Curiosity Labs

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La Punzada

Ideas around Roland Barthe's Studium and Punctum in the context of the exhibition Smalltalk. The Photo Show by Emilio Chapela. Frankfurt am Main…

Jul 7, 2025 • Emilio Chapela—Curiosity Labs

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April 2025

The Studio

I’m writing this letter in the hope of motivating a conversation that moves beyond our fast-paced and brief exchanges on social media and the internet.

Apr 20, 2025 • Emilio Chapela—Curiosity Labs

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