La Valentina video installation + Reception
Eaton Hotel
<p>LATIN-(X)-EQUIS Video installation highlighting artists in La Valentina's series "Latin-(X)-Equis" which celebrates Latinx Artists and Art Organizers. Artists: Imogen Blue Hinojosa, Armando Lopez-Bircann, and Maria del Carmen Montoya. In collaboration with Women in the Arts 2021 by Latela Curatorial.</p><p><br></p><p>“Kameha-MIJA!” by Imogen Blue Hinojosa (2019), is a video installation that takes place on Deptford High Street, the high street closest to the artist’s old studio where she has been the target of numerous harassments and attacks. In the performance, she turn the high street into a runway, voguing through the public streets in a shimmering jumpsuit, reclaiming the space as my own, celebrating the trans body.</p><p><br></p><p>“El Pájaro” is a video performance by Armando Lopez-Bircann that wish to decolonize Dominican Republic, where members of the LGBTQIA+ community are called Pájaros (Birds), in efforts to dehumanize us. “What’s Your Problem? Ghana Think Tank” documents Ghana Think Tank that artist Maria del Carmen Montoya is a part of, a collective that turns the tables by sending problems of the first world….which they submit to a number of thin tanks in the ‘third world’ and then implement the solutions.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><em>With the health and safety of our community members in mind, we now require proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative test results (within 72 hours) for all guests of Eaton DC. For more information, please see our COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Policy.</em></p>