Autoretrato y Cuerpo Colectivo

What is this space called body? What are its limits? To what extent is this inner chamber of the being expansive, deep, mutable, dark, and illuminated? How is the body constructed in the experience of migration?

In this workshop, we use self-portraiture as a means to journey toward the inner cosmos of the human being. It is a sensitive possibility of self-knowledge through the exploration of creativity as an emancipatory door. We will explore the "I", a mutable identity.

This series of workshops is a collaboration with Venezuelan artist Sofia Saavedra, whose career has explored the body as fluid, changing, and in constant motion. Through an overview of some of the most important references in self-referential art, we share with participants a series of creative methods and tools that enable them to connect with their inner space, and generate aesthetic proposals that reflect their discoveries and insights.

The workshops are designed for Latinx people who live in the United States. We will experiment with art-based methods to create body maps that tell stories of migration and cultural struggle, utilizing various visual, sound, and textile media. As a group, we will create a collective body map that weaves together individual struggles and collective narratives of bodily resistance.