Ximena Aguilar Vega
Ximena is a creative naturalist and explorer of ice and oceans proposing a new kind of research—one where science and art aren’t collaborators, but composted into a single, living practice. Rooted in deep observation of polar environments, her work challenges conventional boundaries, seeking not just to study the Earth, but to be in relationship with it. She rejects the separation of knowledge and feeling, proposing a mode of inquiry that is embodied, poetic, and reciprocal. Through image-making, storytelling, and presence, she explores how we might generate knowledge that cares, listens, and belongs. This isn’t about translating data into art—it’s about reshaping the very frameworks through which we come to know. Ximena’s work calls for bold, generative approaches that let us imagine and practice new ways of being on the planet—where research becomes rooted in connection and radical creativity.
