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In my research-led interdisciplinary practice, I create site-responsive performances and immersive installations, employing a range of media such as ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, sound, text, and video. Through these diverse forms, I examine the politics of memory, interrogating how certain stories are preserved and celebrated while others are neglected and forgotten. My work dismantles institutional frameworks and instrumentalises archives and collections as scaffolding to create new ways to challenge the marginalisation of non-conforming bodies and voices in dominant narratives across the globe.

 

A core focus of my practice is the deconstruction of heteronormative and binary gender frameworks, queering not only history but also physical spaces and places. By queering these constructs, I create alternative narratives that foreground the lived experiences and histories of marginalised groups. My artistic process is one of disruption - using various media to question who gets to shape the stories we inherit and who is left out of the narrative.

 

Currently, I am working on "Mundus Transfiguratus: Towards a Queer Ecological Mythology," where I adopt a trans-species psychology perspective to create a mythological world in which queer, transmogrified beings take centre stage. This project challenges anthropocentric thinking and questions human supremacy, offering an ecological vision in which non-human entities hold agency and importance. Through this work, I aim to shift how we perceive relationships between humans, other species, and the environment, encouraging a more inclusive, fluid, and relational understanding of identity and existence.

  © Claudio Pestana

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