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Carlos Motta
In this conversation, we talk to Carlos Motta about the genealogy of Nefandus, about the concept of sodomy as a tool of colonial control, and about the links between sexuality, morality and power. Carlos also talks us through the collaborative and physical processes of Gravedad, his relationship with endurance performance, and how pain, gesture and care can become symbolic languages of resistance. During our talk, we also look back at works such as Naufragios (Shipwreck), The Defeated (2013), and Towards a Homoerotic Historiography (2014), and we discuss archival strategies, museographic devices, and the importance of rethinking history from the margins.
Wynnie Mynerva
In this podcast, we talk with Peruvian Wynnie Mynerva about painting and the body—about flesh, skin, and weight. We look back at her formative memories in Villa El Salvador, living on the fringes: we invoke friends, affects and support networks, and revisit her first home-studio and the parks where she used to sell copies of the great Western masters. We also discuss the role of medicine and body modifications in her work, and the outrage in response to bodies that are transformed in the name of self-determination, rather than to conform to conventional beauty standards.