Portafolio English 2016

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Juana Mendez Vizcaya

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X 2014- 2015Thread on top o tissue


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!or 2 years " tra#e$ed and " %a$&ed 'urope $i&ea roamin( tra#e$er. )s a nomad that isdisco#erin( a ne% %or$d and %ithout moneyto pay a rent or a hoste$* " endin( tra#e$in(rom city to city %ith a $itt$e +a( and an

a(enda. ,ecause " didn t had maps* $one$yp$anets or smartphones* " started to dra% $itt$emaps o the p$aces that " had to (o. )t the endmy a(enda %as oo$ o this maps* that %erethe dra%in( testimony o my oot steps in'urope. " recreate those maps miin( them %iththe (oa$ o creatin( a ne% city* a ne%

carto(raphy one o my o%n They %here asincere testimony o my eperience as animmi(rant* o the tra#e$s that " made thatmany time %ere truncate and remade in otherp$aces. That is %hy " se%ed them in a +$an&et*$i&e the one immi(rant ha#e in %here the put

merchandise to se$$ in the street* and they caneasi$y pic& up* i the po$ice came +y. "n that%ay " %i$$ ha#e the same mechanism they use+ut to sho% and then ta&e %ith me mymemory as an immi(rant.


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This /roject %as researched in

'urope most o a$$ in the city oranada* pain in ranadaimmi(rants %ere inter#ie%ed andencoura(ed to te$$ their $ie stories ina orei(n city and country* %hereno matter ho% %e$come they are*

they %i$$ a$%ays ee$ a +it a$ien."nstead o +ein( a po$itica$ discoursea+out immi(ration* this projectpretends to touch upon the moresu+t$e and intimate aspects o theirdai$y $ie. "t a$so pretends to +rin( to

the ore(round the micro* $oca$ andsu+jecti#e human acts thatapparent$y do not ha#e any eect+ut in rea$ity they p$ay a &ey ro$ein the cu$ture o the ($o+a$ization oresistance.

no% stories 2013 omic


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The project a$so emphasizes the act thatthe +asic e$ements that ma&e up theprocess o dai$y $ie can +e used toreconstruct human socia$ization and

interactions %ith others it is theseemotiona$ +onds that are undamenta$ to+ui$d the socia$ re$ations o a ne% &ind.,y usin( artistic methods as the mediumin %hich the rea$ities o the humanemotiona$ and intimate stand out a+o#e

the po$itica$ rea$ities* %e are a+$e to +etter#isua$ize and understand these ones thusopenin( our sensi+i$ity to them. Thisproject %i$$ +e the irst step inesta+$ishin( a %ay to transmit stories thatsho% a dierent %ay to see and

understand immi(ration. )s resu$t o theinter#ie%s %ith the immi(rants " made acomic no% tories6 in %hich in a #erysimp$e %ay " dra% the irst time most othis immi(rants so the irst sno%. !or tosho% that %e are a$$ humans and this

person that %e ca$$ others6 are as humanas us.


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l The other shoes 2013l /erormance

l The second part o the project resu$t in a perormancein the city o ranada. /erormance in %hich " adopted

my ne% immi(rant statue. )s an artist that %ant tosur#i#e in this %or$d " ind etreme$y diicu$t the%or& conditions. "s hard to ind jo+ contracts* mostpeop$e thin& that your jo+ is not %orth it to pay* andsome times %e suer or discrimination. )s an )rtist "suer a$$ o this situation* and " ind etreme$y hard to(ain my $ie o my artistic %or&. )s my ne% conditiono immi(rant %as (ro%in( in me and " started to

suer the $ac& o jo+ opportunities* and hea$thassistant " started to %orry and reco(nize those otherthat as me %ere immi(rants* and the had a hard timeindin( jo+s* and %ere suerin( o discrimination and$one$iness. " %anted to te$$ the story o us* +ut as a nonpo$itica$ point o #ie%. )s&in( those immi(rants %hat%as the most shoc&in( and antastic thin( that they

eperiment in 'urope a$$ o them to$d me that the irstsno% %as one o the most important eperience. o "decided to adopt u$$y my ne% ro$$* se$$in( myproducts in this case a comic o te$$in( their irsteperience %ith sno%. The (oa$ %as to adopt this ne%ro$$* to educate and inorm peop$e a+out a po$itica$pro+$em +ut enphasise in the human side o it* throu(hart raise a%areness a+out tis others rea$ities

immi(rants and artist.


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,e$$ roup oncert an !ranc7scohurch* ,o(ot8 o$om+ia 2012

l The +e$$ (roup emer(e as the resu$t o the

eperience o %or&in( %ith $orence ,ar+erand Monserat /a$acios in their #isit to,o(ot8. ,oth are sound artists and theyha#e +een %or&in( %ith +e$$ to%ersaround the %or$d. :e chose the +e$$ to%ero the an !rancisco church in ,o(ot8+ecause the nei(h+ors demand the church* tostop the +e$$s sound accusin( the church osound contamination. :ith that concert %e%anted to redeem the +e$$ sound* +ecause it%as not sound contamination +ut i music*it is somethin( that is a$i#e* that has ahistory* those +e$$s had around 200 years.

,ut %e ha#e $ost the use o those +e$$s +yconsidered them anti;ues o+jects. :hat %e%ant is to +rin( $ie in to the +e$$s andthat it ha#e a #oice a(ain.

l "($esia an !rancisco concert< https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4pacsvk0sA


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The :aitin( co$$ecti#e 2011The co$$ecti#e en 'spera is a co$$ecti#e made+y = peop$e most o a$$ mu$tidiscip$inaryartists* that %or& %ith resistance (roup a

arpa6. a arpa6 is a (roup compound +ye %or&ers o the Materno "nanti$ in,o(ot8 o$om+ia. ) hospita$ that %as %e$$&no%n +ecause it %as ree and a$so +y his(ood attention. The Materno "nanti$ %asan etension o the an Juan de >ios?ospita$* and it %as in char(e o a$$chi$d+irth . ) (reat part o the popu$ation o,o(ot8 %ere +orn there. "n 2001 the hospita$%as shut do%n* +y the ne% hea$th $a%s in%ere o$om+ians has to start to pay +y

their hea$th insurance. Most o the %or&ers%ere ired %ithout payin( their pensions. )(roup o those %or&er most o them%omen didn t accept that andoccupied thehospita$ in state o resistance.


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They c$ash %ith the po$ice* %ith the $a%yers* in order to maintain the hospita$* that ispatrimony o o$om+ia* and to i(ht or their pensions. )s a o$$ecti#e %e ma&e 3 tours insidethe hospita$* our o+jecti#e %as to transmit the memory o the Materno "nanti$* throu(haudio#isua$ means and artistic $an(ua(es in order to ma&e #isi+$e the a+andon situation in%hich is no% the hospita$ that once %as one o the most important o o$om+ia. @ur oa$ %as

to ma&e #isi+$e the situation o the %or&ers %ho %ere ired %ithout any justice and no% theyare %aitin( or their pensions* and since then they made resistance in order to (uard thenations patrimony* a nation that or(ot a+out them.


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'$ 'den 2011:ater o$ourA paper

The 'den is not on$y a +i+$ica$ paradise* +ut than&s to the dru(

most amous dru( dea$er /a+$o 'sco+ar and his appetite or eccentricthin(s* the 'den appears in a $itt$e to%n in o$om+ia named /uertoTriuno near to the Ma(ada$ena ri#er. Bot +y the hand o (od +ut+y the hands o thousands o men mana(e +y the a$$ po%eru$/a+$o +ui$d hi$$s* $a&es* #a$$eys in order to recreate a o$om+ian

Version o that paradise. /a+$o arran(e to +rin( a hu(e Cussian)ntono# airp$ane*that $anded in a $itt$e airp$ane trac& in his#acation house in /uerto Triuno %ith a$$ &inds o anima$s romeotic parts o the %or$d. )ter his dead The t%o most read journa$s'$ Tiempo6 and '$ 'spacio6ma&e a head $ine pu+$icity o his dead*

Dears $ater ater his dead one +i( hippopotamus escaped rom The'den a tra#e$ +y the Ma(ada$ena ri#er and suers the same o%nersdead in hands o the same state.

To see images: http://juanamendez.wix.com/portafolio#!el-eden


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Dour $o#e %as a journa$ rom yesterday 2009:ater co$ourApaper

!rom $o#e to hate an rom hate to $o#e theres on$y

one step. The $o#e ma&e his presence in po$itics%ith the same passion that in a re$ationship* it+$ind us* it ma&e us an(ry and happy* it o+sess usit ma&e us passionate. The /o$itics end up +ein( a(reat soap opera %here the media a$ready haschoosin( to sho% to the pu+$ic the ri#o$ities*

sho%iness* and a pair o $o+otomies or thespectator o$$o% it* $o#in( or hatin( theircharacters %ithout inormin( a+out the truth othe $o#in( presidents o atin )merica.!o$$o%in( the romantic o the su+ject " don t ha#emore to thin& that presidents $o#e their peop$e*$o#e the po%er and as ?ector a#oe say< as papersupport e#erythin( as the same %ay " treat them.6

To see ima(ese e(unda. 2010

o$our penci$s and ater co$ourA paper.

http://juanamendez.wix.com/portafolio#!de-segunda

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