Disidencia | Minerva Cuevas
September 30, 2020 - April 2, 2021
Since the late 1990s, Minerva Cuevas has been making work that actively critiques or attempts to subvert capitalist structures. The centerpiece of this exhibition is a 25-minute video, Disidencia (2007 β ongoing), comprising the artistβs ongoing archive of over 30 hours of footage filmed in the streets and public squares of Mexico City, βdocumenting signs of dissent and evidence of grassroots resistanceβanti-police graffiti, banners demanding improved labor conditions, a group of farmers marching in protest and other popular demonstrations. The exhibition convenes seven of the artistβs video works that confront the growing dissatisfaction and resistance to economic and political power structures, the vestiges of colonialism, privatization of wealth, and destruction of the natural world. Minerva Cuevas lives and works in Mexico City.
Curators
Disidencia was curated by Gabriel Bogossian and Solange Farkars and first presented at GalpΔo VB (AssociaΓ§Δo Cultural Videobrasil). The touring exhibition was curated by Alaina Claire Feldman and presented at the Mishkin Gallery of Baruch College. Disidencia is organized and presented at the ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Art Galleries by Ciara Ennis. Additional support has been provided by kurimanzutto, Mexico City/New York.
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Co-hosted by Professors Kebokile Dengu-Zvobgo and Maria Gutierrez de Soldatenko and the Departments of Gender and Feminist Studies and Chicana/o-Latina/o Transnational Studies
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Co-hosted by the Intercollegiate Department of Media Studies
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Programming for Minerva Cuevas: Disidencia is made possible through generous support from the ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ First Year Seminar program and the Office of the Dean of Faculty.
Image Caption
Installation view of Minerva Curves: Disidencia at ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Art Galleries, September 30, 2020 - April 2, 2021. Photograph courtesy of Ian Byers-Gamber.
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