Estética de la irrupción. Activismo y performance en Las Yeguas del Apocalipsis (Chile 1987-1993)
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2019
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Vélez Giraldo, Fátima
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Este trabajo examina los mecanismos estéticos y políticos de uno de los primeros grupos artísticos que politizaron la crisis del VIH/sida en Latinoamérica: el colectivo Las Yeguas del Apocalipsis,
conformado en 1987 por Pedro Lemebel y Francisco Casas. A partir de algunas de las obras más
significativas del colectivo se explorará la manera en que estas intervenciones dialogan con el activismo cultural, planteado por Douglas Crimp, con el fin de acabar con la epidemia. En el caso de
Las Yeguas del Apocalipsis el activismo asume una forma radical que hace posible desde la corporalidad una lucha política, un debate por la salud, la diversidad, pero también una reivindicación de
los sujetos marginales. A través del performance esta politización pone en jaque la forma en que se
habla en público de la sexualidad y, al mismo tiempo, integra una aguda reflexión sobre dictadura,
postdictadura y neoliberalismo, y el control de estas fuerzas sobre los cuerpos no heteronormativos.
This paper examines the aesthetic and political mechanisms of one of the first artistic groups that politicized the HIV/ AIDS crisis in Latin America: Las Yeguas del Apocalipsis, formed in 1987 by Pedro Lemebel and Francisco Casas. I will focus on the way in which their interventions dialogue with cultural activism, a term raised by Douglas Crimp in order to end the epidemic. Based on some of the most significant works of the colllective, this paper explores the way in which activism assumes a radical form thorugh corporality, which likewise raises a debate about health, diversity, and a vindication of marginal subjects. Through the particular use of performance this politicization puts in check the way in which sexuality is spoken in public, and at the same time, integrates a sharp reflection on dictatorship, post-dictatorship, neoliberalism, and the control of these forces over non-heteronormative bodies.
This paper examines the aesthetic and political mechanisms of one of the first artistic groups that politicized the HIV/ AIDS crisis in Latin America: Las Yeguas del Apocalipsis, formed in 1987 by Pedro Lemebel and Francisco Casas. I will focus on the way in which their interventions dialogue with cultural activism, a term raised by Douglas Crimp in order to end the epidemic. Based on some of the most significant works of the colllective, this paper explores the way in which activism assumes a radical form thorugh corporality, which likewise raises a debate about health, diversity, and a vindication of marginal subjects. Through the particular use of performance this politicization puts in check the way in which sexuality is spoken in public, and at the same time, integrates a sharp reflection on dictatorship, post-dictatorship, neoliberalism, and the control of these forces over non-heteronormative bodies.
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Sida, Activismo cultural, Subjetividades, Corporalidades, Performance, Disidencia sexual, AIDS, Cultural activism, Subjectivities, Corporalities, Sexual dissidence