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ARTISTS 7 Gloria Oyarzabal (ES) Woman Go No’Gree A series that was inspired by research conducted during a residency at the Art House Foundation in Lagos, Nigeria, and the reading of The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses by controversial feminist author Oyèrónké.Oy ˇewùmí, a decolonising voice that questions the rational theoretical frameworks used to define the parameters of a purportedly universal gender category. Oyarzabal’s work explores decolonising feminism.
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8 Garrett Grove (USA) Journey to the Interior Journey to the Interior is a series of works that focuses on history, identity and the current state of the American dream. It is an existential walk through the western American landscape, looking for clues about what has happened, what has been lost, and where new hope might be found.
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9 Liza Ambrossio (MX/ES) The rage of devotion At sixteen years old, Liza Ambrossio asked a house-keeper from her mother’s home to steal photographs from the family photo-albums. Liza was looking for ways to survive away from her family’s decisions. Her project The rage of devotion, shows these childhood memories, alongside chilling earlymorning scenes in Mexico City, and images of her mental and real travels from her own adolescence to adulthood.
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