AWMC 2020
INTERVIEW PROGRAM ON INSTAGRAM LIVE AND IGTV WITH ACTIVIST ARTISTS FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH
Art as a Weapon of Mass Construction (AWMS) is an interview-based program on Instagram TV, which I host, that connects activist artists from the Global South to share their projects, strategies, and contexts while exchanging ideas. Though it was launched during the COVID-19 pandemic, the desire to listen, learn, and connect with each other existed long before.
Most platforms discussing social practice art are in English. As a political statement, this program will be conducted in the languages spoken by each artist (as much as possible for me as the interviewer). This project is by and for the Global South, aiming to foster connections and mutual understanding in various ways. Through these conversations, we explore how we are collectively building alternative futures through art, using it as a weapon of mass construction.
Interviews: MEXICO
August, 2020
A month dedicated to Mexican artists because I like to start my projects locally.
Interviews: LATIN AMERICA
September, 2020
Interviews: AFRICA
October, 2020
We are not islands; we are a r c h ipi é l a g o s, Pangeas. We are many worlds sharing one world.
Presentation(s)
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Online, Cerrucha’s IG channel
Year
2020 – present
Participants
Bruktawit Tigabu (Ethiopia)
Cerrucha (Mexico)
Deborah Castillo (Venezuela)
Gabrielle Le Roux (Southafrica)
Lorena Méndez (Mexico)
Lorena Wolffer (Mexico)
Muriel Angulo (Colombia)
Rafael Guimarães (Brazil)
Roberta Nascimento (Brazil)
Sonia Madrigal (Mexico)
Interviewer
Cerrucha
Acknowledgements
Thank you to everyone who shared their contacts, allowing me to reach activist/artists in different countries.