performance | aguas frescas by bárbara sánchez-kane

On the heels of the 10th year anniversary of his cross-disciplinary fashion label, Bárbara Sánchez-Kane’s Aguas Frescas creates a collective and sensorial experience, inviting the audience into a performance drawing on Mexican street culture and the communal ritual of drinking horchatas.

Across two evenings of performances, Sánchez-Kane’s collaborators share their work through varied mediums inside the installation which consists of traditional Mexican Malinche chairs called with glass containers of fresh horchata. A metallic spoon stirs the liquid, providing a steady rhythm as audience members are invited to indulge in the aguas frescas before and after the performance, highlighting its metaphor of shared experience and collective engagement.

Aguas Frescas was also presented at Mudam Luxembourg and Museo Anahuacalli in 2025.

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performance by bárbara sánchez-kane: aguas frescas (night 1), performance space new york, 2026. photo: annie forrest

performance by bárbara sánchez-kane: aguas frescas (night 2), performance space new york, 2026. photo: elvin tavarez