Archaeology of an action. Essay II
Archaeology of an action. Essay I is part of an in progress project called Archaeology of an action that I have been developing since 2022 and that consists of different pieces and essays in relation to questions such as: Is it possible to remember with the body, how does memory inhabit, is remembering a (performative) […]
Who does the landscape belong to?
In a vital dialogue, Roma Vaquero Diaz asks herself what happens to bodies – understood from a broad and not only physical concept – in different geographies, continents and even seasonal times, thinking about them through performance and the construction of the landscape. The idea is to experience how the link with space affects […]
I do believe you
Participatory and ritual performance, where I carry a string of garlic and a wrapper filled with mugwort, which are healing elements typical of the knowledge of this territory. With them I build a safe and circular space, I clean my body and I speak out to reaffirm myself in the world, and invite those present […]
I don’t want video calls
Videoperformance that uses a video calling application as a support, widely used during 2020, which allows group videoconferences over the Internet and record them. Direct shot from laptop camera. Color filming, with post-production and editing. To compose the audio, I mix sounds that come from my mouse and keyboard. In these months of quarantine, the […]
We are not territory of conquest
Through our body-earth territory, knowledge and affective memories circulate that are linked and allow us to expand our desires in a communal way. We are not a territory of conquest invites us to awaken those memories and to recover those knowledge that is activated through art and encounter, and that establish identity. Summoning intimate spaces, […]
The weight of the corridor
Visual / textual / sound installation where the entire room is wallpapered, covering walls, floor, two chairs, two benches and a table. The table occupies the center and the chairs and benches are to the sides. On each of the papers, in black ink, the number 84.1 is repeated almost obsessively. A blue light bathes […]
Flesh of my flesh
Digital video thought of in two layers of performative action that come together in post-production, with sonic poetics that mixes the sounds coming from the action and exploration with ukulele, which was edited and cut, the direction, the speed was changed, it was filtered and overlaid. As if in a reverie, I look for my […]
Menstru/action
I stand behind a table and ask those present: How many of those who are menstruating, how do they live those days, how do they collect their blood? While we exchange experiences, I place on the table three scissors, three cloths in the shape of menstrual dressing and three cloths. Each of them has a […]
Motherboard
Motherboard was a collective and performative project that I did with Niny Gamboa, Lolo Villacis and Julieta Anaut. The name Motherboard refers, on the one hand, to the card that gathers all those printed circuits that allow interconnecting the various elements that make up a computer and that is a fundamental and necessary organ for […]
Fragile
Digital video art. Color filming. Fixed camera with layered post-production and editing. Sound poetics made up of body sounds and stereo editing process. To be played / projected in a loop. Fragile: From lat. fragĭlis. 1. adj. Brittle, it breaks down easily. 2. adj. Weak, which can easily deteriorate. 3. adj. Said of a person: […]