At the intersection of contemporary technology and ancestral knowledge lies the work of Ozzo Ukumari (born Oscar Octavio Soza Figueroa, 1985, Agua de Castilla, Bolivia), a multidisciplinary artist whose production offers a unique perspective on the tensions inherent to what we can call digital colonialism. With a degree in Art from the Gabriel René Moreno […]
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The growing presence of indigenous artists in the contemporary art field provokes significant ruptures in the hegemonic discourses that historically control the art system. Among them, Kadu Xukuru (also known as Kadu Tapuya) stands out, a 26-year-old visual artist and cultural producer from the Xukuru do Ororubá people, whose work reconfigures the relationships between indigenous
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The field of art history has expanded significantly in recent decades, incorporating objects, practices, and manifestations that previously did not belong to the traditional artistic domain. In this context, the concept of “artification” emerges as a fundamental theoretical tool for understanding the processes by which elements not considered art are transformed into socially recognized artistic
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Contemporary art, in its multiplicity, has become a battlefield where hegemonic narratives are contested and power structures inherited from colonialism are challenged. It is within this terrain that Moara Tupinambá’s work (Belém do Pará, 1983) emerges as an act of re-existence, intertwining ancestry, memory, and critique of Indigenous erasure while confronting the mechanisms of digital
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Digital art exhibitions are a phenomenon that redefines the way we interact with artistic production. Through virtual platforms, these exhibitions organize collections and information in digital environments accessible via the Internet, recreating the experience of a traditional museum but with unique characteristics. By eliminating geographical and temporal barriers, they offer a new way of artistic
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Emo de Medeiros is a Beninese-French artist who lives and works between Cotonou, Benin, and Paris. His work spans multiple media, including sculpture, video, photography, performance, installations, and textiles. Blending tradition and technology, he explores themes of identity, globalization, digital colonialism, and cultural transformation. His central concept, “contexture,” proposes a holistic interconnectivity, examining the fusion
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Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1972, develops work that interweaves the post-colonial world, ethnography, and theater to create films, videos, installations, and sound experiences. Her artistic practice focuses on anarchist communities, the relationship between art and labor, and post-military territories, exploring how narrative and improvisation shape the understanding of history
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Joana Moll, an artist and researcher based in Barcelona and Berlin, develops work that critically investigates the impacts of techno-capitalist narratives on the literacy of machines, humans, and ecosystems. Her projects address key contemporary issues, such as the materiality of the internet, surveillance, social profiling, digital interfaces, and the energy consumption of technological infrastructures. The
Decolonial curation proposes a critical review of traditional museum practices, seeking to dismantle the colonial legacies that have shaped the production and dissemination of knowledge within these institutions. This effort aims to make museum spaces more inclusive, representative, and equitable, ensuring that multiple voices and perspectives are incorporated into the construction of historical and cultural
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Eli Cortiñas, born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, in 1979, is a visual artist of Cuban descent who resides and works in Berlin. Her artistic practice investigates cinematic memory through the analysis and reassembly of pre-existing footage, combining it with her film, video, and sound recordings. Cortiñas collects, organizes, and classifies diverse materials,
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