Nicolás Mastracchio

Buenos Aires, 1983

Nicolás Mastracchio embodies the figure of the spiritual searcher. His work Diario [Diary] is the result of the intersection between artists’ critiques, where the influence of psychoanalysis makes itself felt, and astrology as tool for selfknowledge. In this piece, the artist channels the emotional ups and downs he experienced during a personal crisis. Regarding the context in which the work was produced, Mastracchio recalls, “It was a moment of introspection, fear, and disappointment. Diario is fruit of my first months in the Beca Kuitca in 2010. Guillermo [Kuitca] had urged greater clarity and commitment. Today I see this work as part of a psychological process I undertook around selfesteem and acceptance. That is not how he put it, but it was how I experienced it. Twenty-ten was also the year I started studying astrology formally; the video’s text and narrative make close reference to the concepts that reign Pisces. The format of the work partakes of self-help. It attempts to help others by sharing what I was going through bluntly, but with humor, to arouse the empathy of the audience—but all of that in a tone of voice of the sort used to speak from a podium, or in a sanctuary or church.”

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