The tension between private and public, concealed and visible, creates in the audience a sense of correspondence with otherness, but also reveals the mechanisms used by these artists to build alternative world views and transport us to them, ultimately subverting the apparently strict notions of how we perceive our surroundings, our social constraints and our inner self.

The visual essays of these artists provide a new contemporary look on the construction of gender activism that resonates through their resilient bodies of work. MEMORIA joins this dialogue by revisiting this constellation of artistic activism which allows new readings on this critical period in Contemporary Art and Latin American visual culture. The project also connects to significant initiatives such as the Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960-1985 exhibition held by the Hammer Museum – UCLA (Los Angeles, USA) in 2017.