Archive and performance: reflections on two undiscovered amerindians in Buenos Aires, by Coco Fusco and Guillermo Gómez-Peñ

In the following paper, we propose a review and analysis of the Malba exhibition Two undiscovered Amerindians in Buenos Aires by Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Coco Fusco. This exhibition was held virtually in 2020 as part of the program called History as Rumor. The purpose of the program is to recover di...

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Autor principal: Silva Cantoni, Marcelo
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Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Letras 2021
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archive;
nation;
colonialism;
performance;
archivo;
nación;
colonialismo;
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/heterotopias/article/view/33718
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Silva Cantoni, Marcelo
Archive and performance: reflections on two undiscovered amerindians in Buenos Aires, by Coco Fusco and Guillermo Gómez-Peñ
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title Archive and performance: reflections on two undiscovered amerindians in Buenos Aires, by Coco Fusco and Guillermo Gómez-Peñ
title_short Archive and performance: reflections on two undiscovered amerindians in Buenos Aires, by Coco Fusco and Guillermo Gómez-Peñ
title_full Archive and performance: reflections on two undiscovered amerindians in Buenos Aires, by Coco Fusco and Guillermo Gómez-Peñ
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description In the following paper, we propose a review and analysis of the Malba exhibition Two undiscovered Amerindians in Buenos Aires by Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Coco Fusco. This exhibition was held virtually in 2020 as part of the program called History as Rumor. The purpose of the program is to recover different iconic performances of Latin America and the Caribbean from records (in photos, videos, or texts), testimonies, and comments of the different participants and assistants of the artistic work. Within this framework, they recovered and mounted an exhibition of one paradigmatic performance, also known as “The couple in the cage”. This action sought to present itself as a critical response to the celebratory context of the so-called “discovery of America”. For the following analysis, we pay special attention to the mounting procedure proposed by the Malba exhibition, which seeks to contrast the work of Fusco and Gómez-Peña with our own history of colonialism and human zoos. Although this work is part of a larger Ph.D. project, in this instance we focus especially on the analysis of some of the materials presented in the exhibition, but at the same time, we draw on a broader archive that brings together essays, interviews with the artists and audiovisual records of the work. Our research aims to answer what readings of the work can be deployed today in the Argentine context and how it intervenes in the order of the archive linked to dominant imaginaries and narratives of the nation. Keywords: archive; nation; colonialism; performance.
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spelling I10-R333-article-337182021-06-30T03:45:37Z Archive and performance: reflections on two undiscovered amerindians in Buenos Aires, by Coco Fusco and Guillermo Gómez-Peñ Archivo y performance: reflexiones a partir de dos amerindios no descubiertos en Buenos Aires, de Coco Fusco y Guillermo Gómez-Peña Silva Cantoni, Marcelo archive; nation; colonialism; performance; archivo; nación; colonialismo; performance; In the following paper, we propose a review and analysis of the Malba exhibition Two undiscovered Amerindians in Buenos Aires by Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Coco Fusco. This exhibition was held virtually in 2020 as part of the program called History as Rumor. The purpose of the program is to recover different iconic performances of Latin America and the Caribbean from records (in photos, videos, or texts), testimonies, and comments of the different participants and assistants of the artistic work. Within this framework, they recovered and mounted an exhibition of one paradigmatic performance, also known as “The couple in the cage”. This action sought to present itself as a critical response to the celebratory context of the so-called “discovery of America”. For the following analysis, we pay special attention to the mounting procedure proposed by the Malba exhibition, which seeks to contrast the work of Fusco and Gómez-Peña with our own history of colonialism and human zoos. Although this work is part of a larger Ph.D. project, in this instance we focus especially on the analysis of some of the materials presented in the exhibition, but at the same time, we draw on a broader archive that brings together essays, interviews with the artists and audiovisual records of the work. Our research aims to answer what readings of the work can be deployed today in the Argentine context and how it intervenes in the order of the archive linked to dominant imaginaries and narratives of the nation. Keywords: archive; nation; colonialism; performance. En el siguiente artículo, proponemos un análisis de la exposición del Malba Dos amerindios no descubiertos en Buenos Aires de Guillermo Gómez-Peña y Coco Fusco1. Esta exposición fue realizada de manera virtual en el año 2020 (y continúa hasta septiembre de este año) como parte del programa llamado La historia como rumor. El fin del programa es recuperar distintas performances icónicas de América y el Caribe a partir de registros (en fotos, videos o textos), testimonios y comentarios de los distintos participantes y asistentes de la obra artística. En ese marco, Gabriela Rangel (Malba), en colaboración con Sol Henaro (Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo), realizó la curaduría de una exposición de registros y testimonios de la que fue una performance paradigmática, La pareja en la jaula, presentada en la Fundación Banco Patricios en agosto de 1994. Para el análisis que sigue, prestamos especial atención algunas estrategias discursivas desplegadas por los artistas y al procedimiento de montaje que propone la exhibición del Malba, en el cual se busca contraponer la obra de Fusco y Gómez-Peña a nuestra propia historia de colonialismo y zoológicos humanos. Si bien este artículo se inscribe en un proyecto mayor de doctorado, en esta instancia nos enfocamos especialmente en el análisis de algunos de los materiales presentados en la exposición, pero al mismo tiempo recurrimos a un archivo más amplio que reúne ensayos, entrevistas de los artistas y registros audiovisuales de la presentación en Buenos Aires en particular, y de la gira en general. Nuestra investigación apunta a responder qué lecturas de la obra se pueden desplegar en la actualidad en el contexto argentino y cómo interviene en un orden del archivo que responde, a nuestro entender, a regímenes coloniales de poder.     Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Letras 2021-06-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Scientific articles Artículos científicos application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/heterotopias/article/view/33718 Heterotopías; Vol. 4 No. 7 (2021): "Readings from/about pandemics. Anticipation and anachrony".; 1-31 Heterotopías; Vol. 4 Núm. 7 (2021): “Lecturas de/sobre pandemia. Anticipación y anacronía”; 1-31 2618-2726 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/heterotopias/article/view/33718/34016 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0

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