El Museo Del Barrio Host Se Que Fue Así Porque Estuve Allí with Xime Izquierdo Ugaz, 09/09

Image from online photographic archive Se Que Fue Así Porque Estuve Allí, by Xime Izquierdo Ugaz [Image Description: This photograph features six photographic portraits each framed differently. They are all of women in differing poses.]

Wednesday, September 9, from 6 to 7pm

Join La Trienal curators in discussion with Xime Izquierdo Ugaz about their online photographic archive Se Que Fue Así Porque Estuve Allí, honoring the stories and voices of the artist’s chosen queer family. Collaborators Itzamna Huerta along with featured portrait sitters Midrene Lamy, Vianca Lugo, and Prince Malcon will also join the conversation hoster by El Museo Del Barrio to share their experience and contributions to the digital platform. A part of ESTAMOS BIEN – LA TRIENAL 20/21

About Xime Izquierdo Ugaz :
Xime Izquierdo Ugaz is a multimedia artist, curator, and educator born in Lima, Perú. Their work primarily touches the imprint of inter-generational trauma within their family in relationship to place and migration.They are the visual arts co-curator at Nat. Brut and co-founder and organizer of the QTPOC virtual festival, Cabritas Resistiendo en Cuarentena, based in Perú.In addition, Ugaz is the author of the self-published poem, Standing in the Bathroom in the Dark Thinking About Green and El Mismo Pozo/The Same Well. Their work has appeared in FEELINGS and their first chapbook is titled Estoy Tristeza (No, Dear Magazine & Small Anchor Press, 2018).

ESTAMOS BIEN: LA TRIENAL 20/21 is made possible by the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation. Leadership support is provided by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Generous funding is provided by the Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Lenore G. Tawney Foundation, Tony Bechara, and La Trienal Council.

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