Visual Tour
Visual tour through the exhibition of the Medellin International Art Encounter 2015 in Colombia: Art works and projects at almost all the venues.
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Nefandus, from the series: Nefanda Trilogy. 2013
Video, 13'04''
The construction of the colonial subject in America made use of physical and epistemological violence against the other. This is the reason that it has been represented in the narratives of the conquerors or rulers according to the values of the cultural establishment.
This ensemble of videos shows stories about unspeakable (abominable) sins. In which the body, homoerotic desires and banned sexualities find here a representation of the nature and the intersection of historic times, a counterpoint to the values raised and defended by Catholic, white and heterosexual cultural regulations.
Therefore, Motta’s work calls into question this representation of the subaltern subject who survives in the modern country, the one who has been replicated through institutions like the church, the school and the government itself.
(From the MDE15 Short Guide)
© Still: Carlos Motta
Repro: Haupt & Binder
Visual tour through the exhibition of the Medellin International Art Encounter 2015 in Colombia: Art works and projects at almost all the venues.