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CAA 2025 – Feminist Distinguished Awards + Enchantments, Transmissions and Infections: A Poetics of Knowledge by Latin American Women Artists
In February, I attended the 113th CAA conference in New York. As part of my work as a member of the Committee on Women in the Arts (CWA) at the College of Art Association Conference, I was happy to celebrate the achievements of Mónica Mayer and Karen Cordero Reiman, who were recipients of this year’s…
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Activist Listening: Insurgent Decoloniality in Times and Spaces of Violence by Freya Zinovieff
Many Congratulations to Freya Zinovieff who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation “Activist Listening: Insurgent Decoloniality in Times and Spaces of Violence,” a reflection on the potential of listening in our turbulent times. The thesis will be available soon through SFU libraries but for now, here is her abstract: “Activist Listening: Insurgent Decoloniality in Times and…
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Mitochondrial Ontologies at Mónica Reyes Gallery Nov 24 to Nov 30, 2024
Join us for a drive-by, drive-in screening of Mitochondrial Ontologies: Deep Time and the Digital (a 15-minute video installation with sound) directed and produced by Gabriela Aceves Sepúlveda in collaboration with Freya Zinovieff, prOphecy Sun and Steve DiPaola with the participation of Salome Nieto, Matilda Aslizadeh, Maira Cristina Castro, Lois Klassen, Alessandra Santos, Sarah Shamash,…
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El archivo como práctica feminista en El Seminario de Interinstitucional Memoria y Archivo de Mujeres, 2024- 2025
Es un honor participar el próximo Miercoles 13 de noviembre en El Seminario de Interinstitucional Memoria y Archivo de Mujeres, 2024- 2025 organizado por la Dra. Marcela López Arellano, la Dra. Cristina Alvizo Carranza, y la Dra. Milagros Cruz Guerrero por parte de l Universidad de Guadalajara La Universidad de Aguascalientes, La Universidad de Guadalajara…
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Other Futures for Our Pasts in Feminist Art Interventions in the Archive in UNSETTLE UNSETTLE Feminist Approaches to the Architectural Archives
It was an incredible honour to participate in the graduate symposium “UNSETTLE Feminist Approaches to the Architectural Archives,” organized by Eliza Pertigkiozoglou, Beatriz Takahashi, and Erica Vinson at the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture at McGill University, October 2-3, 2024. Anne Hultzsch from the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture, ETH Zurich,…
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“Engaging Affective Memory and Imagining Futures: ‘Tambadoras’ and Digital Tools for Afro-Colombian Cultural Preservation” at Maira C. Castro Mina, LASA 2024
In “Engaging Affective Memory and Imagining Futures: ‘Tambadoras’ and Digital Tools for Afro-Colombian Cultural Preservation,” Maira C. Castro Mina presented parts of her MA thesis focusing on a group of artisanal gold miners from the Colombian Cauca region, known locally as Tambadoras. In the presentation Maira discussed the role that Tamboras play in preserving Afro-Colombian…
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Tambadoras Dancing with the Palo River: A Research-Creation Exploration of Traditional Gold Mining in Colombia
Congratulations to Maira Cristina Castro Mina, who defended her MA thesis, “Tambadoras Dancing with the Palo River: A Research-Creation Exploration of Traditional Gold Mining in Colombia,” and passed with no revisions. In this project, Maira Cristina Castro Mina explores the traditional gold mining practices of Tambadoras, a group of Afro-Colombian women from Guachené, Colombia. Reflecting…
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Tune-in to Radio Caso for the podcast presentation of Switched On: The Dawn of Electronic Sound by Latin American Women
Excited to take part in this podcast to launch the book Switched On: el amanecer del sonido electrónica por mujeres latinoamericanas. Tune in to Radio Caso, March 2 18hr Argentina (CET -4) The Centro de Arte Sonoro (CASo) is the first institution in Argentina dedicated to the research, creation and dissemination of artistic practices based…
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Book Launch “Switched On: The Dawn of Electronic Sound by Latin American Women” – March 3, 2024
Excited to be part of this project that highlights the contributions of Latin American women artists to sound in the arts and electronic music! Switched On: The Dawn of Electronic Sound by Latin American Women (210 pages, hardcover) This is the first book dedicated exclusively to the female protagonists of Latin American electronic music. The…
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LAMAS Latin American Media Arts Symposium – Oct 4-7, 2023 @ Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave, Toronto.
I am excited to participate in the first edition of the Latin American Media Arts Symposium (LAMAS) in Toronto along with a wonderful group of artists, scholars and community organizers. Over the course of 4 days, we will gather with a group of curious and thoughtful artists, filmmakers, critics, and academics engaging with Latin American*…
