[2] Kurimanzutto was conceived by Gabriel Orozco, José Kuri and Mónica Manzutto in 1999 and was initially founded as a nomadic enterprise.
The works had been made by a group of artists including Abraham Cruzvillegas, Damián Ortega, Daniel Guzmán, Eduardo Abaroa, Fernando Ortega, Gabriel Kuri, Gabriel Orozco, Minerva Cuevas, Sofía Táboas and Rirkrit Tiravanija; with materials found in the market and were sold for prices similar to those of general produce.
Los Manantiales restaurant in Xochimilco hosted Elephant Juice (Sexo entre amigos), in 2003, a proposal by Damián Ortega which consisted in a labyrinth made of tubular structures divided for each participating artist to intervene.
The space was designed by the architect Mauricio Rocha and it contained drawings, photographs, painting, installations, videos, sculptures and even a pole dancer performance act.
The artist invited Damián Ortega, Daniel Guzmán, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Fernando Ortega, Jean-Luc Moulène and Jimmie Durham, to complete a series of conditions for the creation of the works that would be exhibited: they would not be able to present photographs, videos or drawings, they couldn't hang thinks on the walls nor use pedestals or vitrines.