Rebekah Villacorta

Rebekah Villacorta

‘"My art is a communicative act, a form of an utterance, a way to open a conversation" - Martha Rosler My work revolves around intimacy. I am interested in constructed truths and realities that serve as intimate places where our day-to-day life unfolds. As a person of color, safe spaces are vital to my growth. "Body in Second Birth" is a series of six black and white 35mm photographs. The layered in-camera multiple exposures distort the human figure. During this time, I was concerned with how a photograph could function as aggressive and passive representations of the human body.’

“After this series, I went into a period of rejecting my photography training. I began by studying friends: "Brown Space Studies" was born. I brought them into my makeshift bedroom studio for a series of quick compositions--a gesture that communicates trust and vulnerability between artist and subject. I am not a photographer--I am an artist using a camera to communicate. Krauss' describes this rejection of formal critique as, "...disrupting and dispensing with an entire critical tradition" (1976). Although, Krauss' critique was directed at Vito Acconci's Centers (1971), the comment remains vital to my practice. This last photograph invites the audience into my constructed reality. My body acts as a conduit between the mental and social realm that exists around us. I invite you to pay attention to the way you navigate in physical and mental spaces. How do we make sense of the space that exists between us and everyone else?” - Rebekah Villacorta, fall 2018.