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SEBASTIAN GUZMAN OLMOS













Sebastian Guzman Olmos (he/him) is an Argentine transdisciplinary designer, researcher, and curator based in Amsterdam. His work spans political engagement and cultural production, addressing systemic contradictions inherent in capitalist, extractivist, and (neo)colonial structures. His research and discourse interests are anchored in historical material analysis, class perspective, and revolutionary optimism. Often materializing through diverse practices, organizational efforts, and pedagogies.

Sebastian formerly studied at Design Academy Eindhoven in the Media and Culture Department. Additional non-institutional curricula include Organismo as a fellow at TBA21-Academy in Madrid; The People’s Forum in New York City; the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation in Berlin; and studies with Frente de Izquierda Unidad in Buenos Aires.



SELECTED EXHIBITIONS


His work has been shown in TBA21-Academy (Madrid), Dutch Design Week (Eindhoven), Museum de Fundatie (Zwolle), Design Museum Ghent (Ghent), Kazerne (Eindhoven), Bruxelles Environnement (Brussels), Guan Shanyue Art Museum (Shenzhen), and The Central House of Artists (Moscow), among other spaces.



EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES


He has initiated programs, workshops, and lectures at Rietveld Academie/Sandberg Instituut (Amsterdam), The Embassy of the Netherlands in Berlin, Design Academy Eindhoven (Eindhoven), Fontys University (Tilburg),  Fachhochschule Potsdam (Potsdam), HMC (Rotterdam), AKV St. Joost (’s-Hertogenbosch), and Floating University (Berlin).



SELECTED RECOGNITION


Contributor/researcher on projects that received: TBA21‑Academy/Ocean Archive Editor’s Pick 2025, S+T+ARTS Prize (Honorary Mention), Floriade Expo 2022 (Gold Award), and Henry van de Velde Award (Silver).



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TAPPING WATER

Uncovering some of the complexities of the freshwater crisis through positioned (hi)stories enables more sensitive and relational ways of connecting local and larger struggles. Tapping Water holds space and invites dissident voices committed to critiquing resource commodification and mercantilism.

Water flows through all our aspects of life—our bodies, the food we depend on, the environment we live in, and the bodies we share it with. Through a constant circulation of intake, transformation, and exchange, we enact watery relations, often unconsciously. Water combines rest with resistance. The proposal seeks to create events that explore the various dimensions of water, from its environmental impact to its political and social dimensions.

Contributors: Celeste Fierro, Emmie Massias, Jessica Gentile, Jonathan Castro, Oscar van Leest, and Sara Frikech.

2023, Amsterdam
Organized with Nina Blume. Supported by Sandberg Instituut’s Student Council. Photography by Ilya Lindhout.