"Body of Work" by Regina José Galindo

• 6–7 pm. Performance of "Presencia"


  “I don't want to walk in someone else's shoes. I want to wear other women's dresses. This phrase is the basis of Galindo's performative project Presencia in which she pays tribute to female murder victims round the world, particularly in Guatemala.
 The performance has been tailored to three different settings: Guatemala, Athens and Madrid. La Casa Encendida will host the session in memory of Mindy Celeni Rodas Donis.

  Place: Courtyard. Free admission.

• 7:30–8:30 pm. "Body of Work" talk"

  Artist Regina Galindo will review her work since the late 1990s, which began with a local issue in Guatemala and grew to address universal themes in which she explores the ethical implications of social injustice with regard to racial and gender discrimination and other abuses committed in unequal power relationships.


  Place: Auditorium. Tickets available at the Information Desk of La Casa Encendida from two hours before start time.

Speaker

Regina José Galindo (Guatemala) is a visual artist specialised in performance and a poet.
 In 2005 she won the Golden Lion for Best Young Artist at the 51st Venice Biennale for her work ¿Quién puede borrar las huellas? [Who Can Erase the Traces?] and Himenoplastia [Hymenoplasty]. In 2011 she received the Prince Claus Award in the Netherlands, and that same year she won the Grand Prize at the 29th Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts. She also won first prize at the Juannio Art Auction in Guatemala in 2010, first prize in the 5th Inquieta Imagen competition at MADC (Costa Rica) in 2007, and the Unique Poetry Prize from Fundación Myrna Mack in 1998.

Coordinated by: Association of Guatemalan Women AMG.