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2020
Bitch Media Interview by Barbara Sostaita. Weaving the Wall; Devotional Art Counters State Violence in the Borderlands When Bolivian artist Carolina Aranibar-Fernández first encountered the 1,954-mile–long wall that divides the United States and Mexico, all she could see were “metal slats that violently penetrate the land.” They towered above the desert floor, a hypermasculine violation of the desert’s sovereignty.
2020
At the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Arts, Carolina Aranibar-Fernandez gives a talk titled “Cartographies of Power,” and KJZZ's Lauren Gilger spoke with her more about it recently — and how the so-called “Water Wars” in her home country helped shape her work. |
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2020
“Mi primer impresión cuando vi la frontera fue masculinidad, una división fálica, unos barrotes que penetraban la tierra. En la creencia indígena cuando trenzas algo proteges el espíritu; es un escudo y a la vez agregamos algo del linaje femenino a la tierra”, relató la joven nacida en La Paz, Bolivia. |