I consider a portrait a kind of performance for the camera. During a portrait I can follow the instruction of the photographer but ultimately I’m in control of presenting my ‘self’ to the purpose to be transformed into an image.
In Retrato I asked each artist/collaborator to present their ‘self’ for a period of a minute. The chair functions as a symbol of this transformation from movement to stillness.
Artists involved:
Alejandra Jara (Paraguay), Ana Cecilia Chung Oré (Perú), Ana Cecilia Moreno (Bolivia), Ana Chin-A-Loy (Venezuela), Angela Bello (Colombia), Carla Coronado (Perú), Carolina Besuievsky (Uruguay), Carolina Herman (Argentina), Claudia Vicuña (Chile), Cristian Duarte (Brasil), Diana Szeinblum (Argentina), Edith Correa (Paraguay), Esteban Donoso (Ecuador), Félix Oropeza (Venezuela), Flor Varela (Uruguya), Florencia Vecino (Argentina), Giselle Rodrigues (Brasil), Inés Coronado (Perú), Isabel Story (Venezuela), Iván Sánchez (Chile), Javiera Peón-Veiga (Chile), José Alvarez (Paraguay), Josie Cáceres (Ecuador), Juliana Moraes (Brasil), Klever Viera (Ecuador), Lorna Ortiz (Perú), Lucía Russo (Argentina), Luciana Acuña (Argentina), Luis Garay (Argentina), Manuel Vason (Italia/ Reino Unido), Marcelo Evelin (Brasil), María José Rivera (Bolivia), Mariana Marchesano (Uruguay), Miguel Jaime (Uruguay), Mirella Carbone (Perú), Morella Petrozzi (Perú), Natalia Aldana (Paraguay), Natalia Orozco (Colombia), Nuri Gutés (Chile), Patricia Mallarini (Uruguay), Paula Giuria (Uruguay), Pepe Santana (Perú), Ricardo Marinelli (Brasil), Rocío Rivera Marchevsky (Chile), Rommel Nieves (Venezuela), Santiago Turenne (Uruguay), Sergio Valenzuela (Chile), Sofía Mejia (Colombia), Sylvia Fernández (Bolivia), Tamia Guayasamin (Ecuador), Tino Fernández (Colombia), Valeria Andrade (Ecuador), Vanilton Lakka (Brasil), Vera Sala (Brasil).