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MEMORIAS Y RESISTENCIAS AT CENTRO QUERETANO DE LA IMAGEN

Claudia Pretelin

Como parte de las actividades del Festival Fotoseptiembre 2024 organizado en México por el Centro de la Imagen, Instruments of Memory y el Museo de las Mujeres Costa Rica presenta MEMORIAS Y RESISTENCIAS: MUJERES | ARTISTAS| HISTORIAS AFROLATINAS Y CARIBEÑAS, un proyecto que reúne el trabajo curatorial de Claudia Mandel Katz (Argentina-Costa Rica), Claudia Pretelin (México-Estados Unidos) y Sussy Vargas Alvarado (Costa Rica). Esta muestra presentada con el apoyo del Centro Queretano de la Imagen incluye la obra de diecisiete autoras contemporáneas de más de diez países en Latinoamérica y…

A TRAIL OF MEMORIES: A CONVERSATION WITH TRICIA RAINWATER

Claudia Pretelin

Through her work in multi-media and photography, Tricia Rainwater has opened up a dialogue between past and present which has explored a place of vulnerability and resilience. Contemplating stories from her ancestors and her own life, she becomes, learns, and fully exists. Paraphrasing writer Terese Marie Mailhot, “once you name your transgressions and transgressors, you are able to put down your pain.” Tricia has started walking this trail.  Currently based on Ramaytush Ohlone land (San Francisco), Tricia was raised in the Central Valley until the age of ten and then…

HOLDING AND BEING HELD: A CONVERSATION WITH ANNE LEIGHTON MASSONI

Sarah E Webb

Anne Leighton Massoni while traveling in Puglia, Italy 2021 Anne Leighton Massoni has a theory: she believes everyone’s fifth birthday looks practically the same photographically, yet when it’s our fifth birthday, the images conjure the unique experience of memory and time.  Her theory is a tangible thread, one she pulls throughout her practice. As a maker and a storyteller, Massoni explores the space between truth and fiction, the place between revealing and holding secret. Using created images in conjunction with found imagery, Massoni reimagines stories we experience yet cannot express.…