#iamawitchbecause (‘soy una bruja porque’) nació como una cuenta de Instagram y un hashtag con el objetivo de abrir conversaciones con personas desconocidas y distantes sobre la magia y el poder femenino a través del arquetipo de la Bruja .
Luego se materializó en una exposición individual de un mes en el Studio 73, en Brixton Village, Londres, conectando a nivel local con comunidades, académicos, curanderas locales e investigadores para conversar sobre ideas de magia, arte y poder femenino.
Realicé eventos comunitarios y charlas que revisan la figura de la Bruja, considerando a la figura de/la artista como conductor@s de magia, abrigando la idea de que “nunca es tarde para tener una infancia feliz”.
La exhibición fue parte de las Exposiciones Experimentales de Studio 73, donde la comisaría de arte Ivana D’accico explora la relación artista-comisario y sus posibles desarrollos futuros. Para obtener más información, consulte el sitio web dedicado www.iamawitchbecause.com e Instagram @aimawitchbecause. La exposición mostró las siguientes piezas:
#iamawitchbecause was born as an Instagram account and hashtag aiming to open conversations about magic and female power through the archetype of the Witch with unknown and distant people.
Then it materialized in a one-month solo exhibition at Studio 73, in Brixton Village, connecting on a local level with communities, academics, local medicine women and researches in order to converse about ideas of magic, art and the female power. It held community events and talks that review the figure of the Witch, considering artist as conduits of magic and entertain the idea that “it is never too late to have a happy childhood”.
The exhibition was part of Studio 73 experimental Takeovers, where curator Ivana D’accico explores the relationship artist-curator and its potential future developments.
For more information check the dedicated website www.iamawitchbecause.com and instagram @aimawitchbecause
The exhibition showed the following pieces:
Pajaritos en la cabeza
Escultura, performance psicomágica comunitaria en vivo / Nidos, ramas de abedul plateado, raíces.
“Tener pajaritos en la cabeza” es un modismo español que se usa para menospreciar a l@s niñ@s cuando expresan sueños o deseos de volar alto.
‘Pajaritos en la Cabeza’ es una pieza psicomágica en vivo que tiene como objetivo atraer de vuelta a los pájaros que alguna vez fueron expulsados para recuperar la capacidad de ser creativ@s, ambicios@s y jugueton@s.
Fue performada en el Mercado de Brixton, Londres, 2018 como parte de la exposición solitaria #iamawitchbecause
Little Birds in the Head
Sculpture, live communal psychomagic performance / Nests, silver birch branches, root
“Tener pajaritos en la cabeza” (“to have little birds in the head”) is a Spanish idiom used to put children down when expressing dreams or desires of flying high.
Little Birds in the Head is a psychomagic live performance piece that aims to attract back those once expelled birds in order to regain the capacity to be creative, ambitious and playful.
Developing photographs
Video (1 45’ 45”)
Developing Photographs explores the artist disillusionment with the magic contained in the photographic medium, and the quest to reconstitute its otherworldly powers back.
The piece is ruled by laws of shamanic imagination and alchemical symbolism found in the Jungian tradition of self-development.
Lilith
Sculpture, installation / Colubrid shred skin, sacred stones, photography
Refusing to remain repressed, Lilith shed various skins in the depths of the Red Sea: anger, pain and sadness. Each little bit of understanding of the dark feminine within each of us, regardless of gender, can bring us closer to wholeness and healing, both individually and collectively.
She came back as a serpent to offer Eve choice and voice.
Nature Does Not Sit Still
Experiential sound installation / Eucalyptus ring, silver birch branches, disco lights
Sit
Put on headphone
Press backwards
Press ‘play’
Close your Eyes
Listen
Open your Eyes
Look
Sit still
The Sacred- Natural Alchemy
Natural sculpture / Leaf, shell, feather, stone, eggshell, sea creature, algae, rock
