In a passage from the children's book series Mary Poppins
(written by P. L. Travers and published between 1934
and 1988), the nanny stops in front of a shop window to
check her appearance and adjust her hat. What Mary
Poppins saw in the shop window were three reflections
of herself instead of one. Far from disturbed, Mary sighed
with satisfaction at the multiple reflections of herself. This
mirror image, which at once fragments and multiplies the
self-image, and with it any stable notion of identity, serves
as the starting point of this session for sharing a creative
process.
Description:
Presentation of processes accompanied by Aimar Arriola
In the vein of an open editorial session, artist M. Benito
Píriz will share with Aimar Arriola, Associate Researcher
at AZ, part of the writing and editing of her project Mi cara
no pega con este mundo (“My Face Doesn’t Fit in this
World”), a work in progress written on her mobile phone's
notepad. Using resources such as predictive vocabulary
and inclusive language, the project works with literature in
its conventional form in an effort to generate strange new
construction.
This project is being developed as part of Babestu.
Creation Support Programme and Un deseo de forma
(2020-2023), an initiative of curator Aimar Arriola, an
Associate Artist at Azkuna Zentroa, in which he explores
the relationship between queer perspectives and art.
