Through my practice, I reflect on Latin America’s historical circumstances by deconstructing the social, political, and economic fabrics that define them. I aim to dismantle dehumanizing myths by visualizing the paradoxes between what is said about us and our reality.
I attempt to disclose the underlying Catholic origin of Latin American cultural burdens, such as glorifying poverty, guilt, and self-humiliation. I use visual codes inherited from the colonial process to reveal these structures. The concept of Vanitas appears constantly in this branch. Originating in the book of Ecclesiastes, it states how the ephemerality of life divests existence from any transcendental sense.
Performativity is the common thread between these concerns, expressed in a post-mediatic language. I use everything at my reach–live performance, photography, video, and other forms of time-based media– to express the transformative potential of action.
In my practice, Latinx culture’s interpersonal proximity is key for creating experiences that connect with the audience’s emotions. I use my artistic process to understand my social and political reality more deeply. I seek to make my work a pedagogical device from which my audiences and I can learn more about who we are and our place in history.
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Use as few elements as possible
Present clearly defined actions and materials to enhance real or suggested performativity
Proximity—literal, figurative—increases tension and engagement
Materials are a discourse. The body is a material
Vulnerability is a strength
Address Venezuela’s historical circumstances by deconstructing the social, political, and economic fabrics
Subvert the burden of Catholicism’s culture of self-sacrifice and martyrdom
Reflect on the awareness of our own death, as a path to make sense out of existence
Show the paradoxes of economic value, through everyday social dynamics
You have permission to laugh
If that does not convince you, try this one:
Art expresses what philosophy and science cannot because Art can express contradiction
Matter is contradictory
Performance Art is contradictory
Latin America is contradictory
Venezuela is contradictory
USA is contradictory
Life is contradictory
Human Nature is contradictory
I am contradictory
Everything I say about my work is true, but it is also a lie
If that does not work either, try this other one:
My subconscious makes my work for me
I read the Bible
I listen to Gregorian Chants
I read about Latin American economy and its historical failures
I visualize the making in my mind. Then I go directly to the making
I use ephemeral materials very often because life is ephemeral very often
The form is brief because my attention is brief
The content is labyrinthic because my thought is labyrinthic
If that is still not clear, this could be helpful:
My art practice is like euthanasia to Modernism while being pregnant with its baby