Rebirth of aa
body
Organized By
Argentina Performance Art
Curated By:
Argentina Performance Art
Start Date
July 6, 2024
End Date
July 27, 2024
Opening Reception Date
July 6, 2024
Opening Reception Time
5:00 PM
Argentina Performance Art presents “Rebirth of a body” an exhibition that explores the performative narratives of Latin American and Caribbean women whose lives unfold at the intersection of migration. This exhibition seeks to portray the body of the migrant woman as a border in transit that carries its own cultural memory and resists erasure.
The exhibition offers a complex vision of migration as a continuous process of loss, adaptation, and rebirth. A body in constant performative response but that is deeply connected to the factors of its original lands. Here, the body is both a marker of absence and a presence that resists erasure, continually redefining itself across borders and generations. Being born in a new territory creates a realm of new meanings for the body of a migrant woman and this exhibition gives the opportunity to look at the passage of these bodies to form a collective memory that lives not in one, but in all of us.
The exhibition presents the works of: Yali Romagoza (Cuba / New York), Sujetka Val Terkes (Perú / New York), Patricia Encarnación (Dominican Republic / New York), Domenica Garcia (Ecuador / New York), Elisa Lutteral (Argentina / New York) and Damariz Damken (US-Mexico Border / New York). Through the spirit of their native culture, they explore the transformation of their bodies which take place through the process of belonging in a new territory away from their native land.
By Natacha Voliakovsky
The exhibition “Rebirth of a body” is organized by Argentina Performance Art in collaboration with the New York Latin American Art Triennial (NYLAAT), curated by Natacha Voliakovsky, Founder & Director of APA (Argentina Performance Art)
Important dates:
Saturday 6, 4pm Performance by Sujetka Val Terkes / Performance by Patricia Encarnación
Saturday 13, 4pm Performance by Damariz Damken
Sunday 14, Party outside of the house (NYLAAT)
Saturday 20, 4pm Art talk in the other exhibition (NYLAAT) / Performance by Yali Romagoza
Saturday 27, 4pm Performance by Domenica Garcia
Artists:
Yali Romagoza (Cuba / New York)
Sujetka Val Terkes (Perú / New York)
Patricia Encarnación (Dominican Republic / New York)
Domenica Garcia (Ecuador / New York)
Elisa Lutteral (Argentina / New York)
Damariz Damken (US-Mexico Border / New York)
Yali Romagoza (Cuba(Cuba / New York)
Meditando en el Parque del Almendares: 23.800 días de Trauma, Installation (HD video, color, Sound,13:42 min and garment) Approx 60”x 70 “ inches
A cross to bear. Performance, Cuquita, The Cuban Doll walks with a giant penis on her back on Governors Island.
Sujetka Val TerkesTerkes (Peru/New York)
You´re Right, 2024, Installation (Cardboard, paper sticker, audio loop) Approx 22”x 15“x 15“ inches
The Disenchantment, 2023, Performance (Saturday 6, July)
The Disenchantment, 2023, Installation (Pedestal, tray, Audio loop) Approx 15”x 15“x 30“ inches
The Disenchantment, 2023, Drawing (Cotton A4 Paper, Ink and graphite) Approx 10”x 13“ inches
Patricia Encarnación (Dominican(Dominican Republic / New York)
Tropical Limerence: My Hands, 2017, Video Art
Tropical Limerence: My Hands, 2024, Performance e installation
Doménica García (Ecuador(Ecuador / New York)
La Llorona, 2024. Inkjet Print, 11 x 17 Inch. In collaboration with Meicen Meng.
Mi Cuerpo Sana al Ritmo de las Olas, 2004, Performance Object
La Llorona, Durational Performance, 2024
Elisa Lutteral (Argentina / New York)
The Braided Hands, 2023, Video performance, Film, 2023,00:01:59
Braided Hands, 2023, installation, Wool
Damariz Damken (US-Mexico(US-Mexico Border / New York)
Puño de Tierra, 2019, Video performance
Llevame al Rio, Installation
Llevame al Rio, Performance
Argentina Performance Art (APA) is a cultural project dedicated exclusively to the archiving, theoretical research, and dissemination of Argentine and Latin American Performance Art.
Established in 2018 as the first free and inclusive digital archive of Argentine performance art, it offers constantly updated content on artists and performative works. Serving as an educational resource, the platform provides academic, journalistic, and audiovisual materials for consultation on this discipline.
Over time, APA has expanded its goals and borders to also include multiple initiatives that promote Latin American performance art knowledge. This includes organizing cycles of conferences, talks, exhibitions, and live performances, within Argentina and internationally.
Our principal objective is to contribute to the preservation of cultural heritage through performance art. While providing a theoretical framework for its definition and understanding, we aim to valorize and legitimize this ephemeral medium within the historical development of contemporary art. By doing so, we enrich the Pan-American ongoing narrative and offer crucial insights into socio-political dynamics.