The Last of Its Kind by Incipio Modo

About Incipio Modo

We are Incipio Modo, a Mexican-Canadian artist collective, led by sculptors, Danira Miralda and Edward Beltran. Our professional practice, based in Calgary, Alberta, since 2010, gravitates around two areas of focus: our independent studio work, and the development of site-specific art installations for residential, institutional, and public spaces - both in the built and natural environment.

From 2007-2010, we worked from the interior of a vintage Japanese trolley that was fully adapted as a sculpture studio and permanently parked in Plaza Luis Cabrera, in the Roma neighbourhood of Mexico City. Aberracion Cromatica, as we were called, was a socially-based public art project https://incipiomodo.com/news/. We worked in the public realm, both in the interior and exterior of the trolley, amongst the art galleries, cafes, fountains, shoemakers and street vendors. We were just another element in the streetscape, and as such, we witnessed the city firsthand; pulsing with its…