Alejandra Herrera Silva (CL): Domestic Labor

A Space for Live Art -project challenged artists to deal with the theme of crisis at the partner festivals. ANTI chose Alejandra Herrera Silva to realize this theme. The artist is researching the theme through the fragility of the body. Alejandra Beatriz Herrera Silva has been an active organizer, artist and teacher in the field of performance for more than a decade and has exhibited her work extensively all over the world. She engages in explorations to better understand the dynamics of male powers, particularly ones established in “macho” cultures. As a result of those explorations, she seeks to better understand the abilities of a woman’s power, or her actions, to overcome pervasive sociological and physical male dominance.