survival
i live
further from survival
than many.
i live
closer to survival
than many.
when the artist has to focus on survival, then, learning how to survive is the art process, and survival is the art.
1st draft of a manifesto about survival art
survival art does not invent a parallel process to life itself
survival art does not add metalayers (ex: documentation, critique) to life unless they are for advocacy
survival art happens in the present, not in production
survival art mandates self-care
survival art respects individual limitations
survival art crips art
survival art can speak about bedbugs
survival art holds what is happening in the urgency
survival art valides the acts of survival as artistic gestures
survival art is a form of advocacy
survival art might be a form of new materialism
how did i arrive to this art process?
i experienced a crisis in 2017 that taught me that my performance work had been
an art of privilege. i had created "experiences" that, even if deeply connected with my life
and that of my trans and/or disabled peers, were in a container of art practices
that was stiffly staying besides the real-time process and the urgencies of our lives.
past naive hopes for systemic change
my mind was splitting in two.
pain and insight came. something had to change. my first steps were to de-document a lot of my work
and to create the
failure postcards (2017-2019)