Carlos Vielma An Infinite Picnic

Carlos Vielma’s An Infinite Picnic presents a video installation inspired by “The Million Year Picnic,” the final short story from Ray Bradbury’s post-apocalyptic science fiction The Martian Chronicles. In Bradbury’s timely dystopian short story, a family escapes Earth in an attempt to rebuild their life on Mars. Similarly, Vielma’s rural adaptation of this short story explores themes of migration, colonization, and human existence on planet Earth.

Carlos Vielma is a Mexican visual artist with a background in architecture. His work in painting, video, and installation investigates longing, landscape, monuments, and the US-Mexico border. He has participated in many residency programs such as Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in Maine; Casa Wabi in Puerto Escondido, Mexico; The National University of Colombia in Bogotá; and The Banff Center for the Arts and Creativity in Canada. Recently, the Mexican state honored him with a membership in the National System of Art Creators (SNCA) and he is a 2024-2025 fellow of The Core Program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.