Janet Toro

Nemeln

Here the meaning of the word was addressed. The way in which language is a sign of identity and cohesion, conserving the historical narrative of memory. This performance is an inquiry about the negation of a language, a culture, in this case the Mapuche people, which has been systematically silenced and outraged. It outlines the …

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El velorio del ángel

A displacement of the so-called popular Latin American rite to the contemporary. On an emotional level, a space of introspection opens up, for those who have been denied the right to a funeral rite for their beloved ones who have been murdered. It is an inclusive look, which does not only stop in the victims, …

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Verbum Adiectivus

I’m lying on the marble table at the entrance of the Museum, I uncover the pelvic part of my dress. The spectators approach one by one, in the distance they only see small black lines drawn on my pelvis and my lower abdomen; when approaching with a magnifying glass they can read different words that …

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