Cerrucha

Walking together: for them and for us

Victorias Aladas

On August 16, 2019, the streets and Victoria Alada, an emblematic monument also known as the Angel of Independence, were dyed in colors demanding justice for gender violence in Mexico City. The next morning the city woke up shocked by the demonstrations on the monument, not by the miles of raped and murdered women or by the impunity that allows them. In the series Winged Victories, the four goddesses at the base of the Independence Monument come to life embodying the most powerful slogans that were inscribed during the feminist march, evidencing the hypocrisy that exists in Mexico regarding the defense of the monument on the life of women. The Winged Victory now has scars that reveal the wounds of the country.

Each goddess has the real texture of the elements that make up the monument, different types of marble and stone, and the phrases on their bodies are some of the graffiti that are inscribed in the Winged Victory. They will never again have the comfort of our silence.

Cerrucha (México, 1981)

Feminist ARTivist who uses art as a tool to question the social construction of Otherness and promote dialogue and reflection on HRD issues, especially gender. 

She uses photography, performance and the intervention of public space as the main media, with citizen participation being a key element in her artistic practice. 

BIO

Her series “Mapping Skin Deep” was nominated for the Award for Public Art 2017 (USA/China). She holds a BFA in Photography by Concordia University (CA) and works as an anti-oppression facilitator and consultant for various organizations and has received commissions from UN Women France, the Exterior Relations Secretariat, and the Mexican Congress amongst others. 

Her latest project, “Trench,” is a permanent photographic installation portraying more than 100 women united covering an entire train of Mexico City's subway system.

WORKS INCLUDED IN THE EXHIBITION