Katharsis
by Miguel Azuaga, 2019, 24'

Courtesy of the artist


Presented at VISIO. Moving Images After Post-Internet (2019)
Katharsis is a three-channel installation that examines the paradigms of representation, intersectionality and social construct. In collaboration with people from the queer and the academic communities in Berlin, the work pursues the deconstruction of a video-documented interview that the artist conducted near the European border in north Morocco with Olivia John, a 29-year-old journalist from Nigeria. Through a re-enactment of the event, the participants blur the boundaries between the questioner, the observer, the performer and 
the gender lines. The work focuses on devaluating Miguel’s role as interviewer, engaging the participants in a critical conversation about his privileges.

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