Publisher Note

Cristina Velásquez is a visual artist working mainly with photography and paper weavings. Her work investigates representation and translation in the context of transcultural relationships —both as mechanisms for oppression and silencing, as well as powerful tools for connection and resistance. She is interested in the way one culture translates another, and how inevitably, a dominant culture sanitizes and reduces the other in a subtle, and not so subtle, continuity of colonialism. Similarly, Velásquez explores the ways social constructions of value, such as, race, class, and labor distribution, are shaped by images and language, echoing a larger system of power and exchange that goes beyond borders and nationality. Velásquez asks how photography and weaving might be called upon to further the understanding of social politics, history, and narrative, particularly in relation to Latin American studies.

Publisher
Release Place Queens, NY, United States of America
Edition 1st edition
Release Date 2019
Credits
Printrun 250
Work  
Subform Photobook
Topics Colombia, Society, Viterbo
Methods Photography
Language English
Format Paperback
Dimensions 21.5 × 17.0 cm
Weight 200 gram
Pages 48