sur marica: a mobile cartography of art, sex, affect, and collaboration in the americas with Luis vargas-santiago 

In this Research and Academic Program lecture, through selected case studies of artworks produced in Latin American capitals during the 1980s and 1990s, Luis Vargas-Santiago (Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City / Beinecke Fellow) will discuss how queer artists challenged canonical formations of the body, sexuality, affects, religion, activism, and authorship. By positing the notion of "Sur Marica" as a decolonial site that resists both hetero- and homonormativity, Vargas-Santiago will outline a mobile cartography of visual art that fluidly redefined national, racial, and sexual identities while creating spaces of freedom and political expression.

Presented in person in the Clark auditorium. A 5 pm reception in the Manton Research Center reading room precedes the event.

Image: Julio Galán, Elizabeth's Portrait, 2000, oil on canvas. Museo Amparo, 2000.JUGA.001. Photo: Museo Amparo.