We're pretty stoked to have media artist and filmmaker, Martin Sastre speaking at our first OSHA talk happening on October 7th. Martin will talk about his recent project Eva: Volvere y sere performers (Eva: I will return, and I will be performers) which took place earlier this year at the Buenos Aires Primera Bienal de Performance 2015 (BP.15).
During the performance Eva: Volvere y sere performers, Martin Sastre appropriated the balcony of the Casa Rosada, Argentina’s Government House, from where Eva Perón delivered her last speech on May 1st 1952. Eva Perón, affectionately referred to as Evita, was the second wife of Argentine President Juan Perón and First Lady from 1946 until her death in 1952. During her time as First Lady, she was in charge of many of the countries social policies, campaigning against womens suffrage and for increased labour rights. She was gravely ill and knew this was the last time she would address the Argentine people. This speech, marked by Evita’s quivering voice, became a mythical moment of Argentine history. She died on July 26th at age 33 and remained an inspirational figure both in history and popular culture.
During the performance Eva: Volvere y sere performers, Martin Sastre appropriated the balcony of the Casa Rosada, Argentina’s Government House, from where Eva Perón delivered her last speech on May 1st 1952. Eva Perón, affectionately referred to as Evita, was the second wife of Argentine President Juan Perón and First Lady from 1946 until her death in 1952. During her time as First Lady, she was in charge of many of the countries social policies, campaigning against womens suffrage and for increased labour rights. She was gravely ill and knew this was the last time she would address the Argentine people. This speech, marked by Evita’s quivering voice, became a mythical moment of Argentine history. She died on July 26th at age 33 and remained an inspirational figure both in history and popular culture.
In this project, Martin invited visitors to step into the Casa Rosada balcony and momentarily occupy this iconic place to revive what Evita felt during her ultimate speech. Martin will talk about how the reconstruction of a mythical event spoke to the influence of Argentinian women in shaping national identity and elaborate on the interest of including visitors in the performance by making them actors in this historic reincarnation and artistic intervention.
In this project, Martin invited visitors to step into the Casa Rosada balcony and momentarily occupy this iconic place to revive what Evita felt during her ultimate speech. Martin will talk about how the reconstruction of a mythical event spoke to the influence of Argentinian women in shaping national identity and elaborate on the interest of including visitors in the performance by making them actors in this historic reincarnation and artistic intervention.
Uruguayan contemporary media artist and filmmaker Martin Sastre was born in 1976 in Montevideo. He is the third Te Whare Hēra Wellington International Artist in Residence. Working with video, performance and other media such as sculpture and photography, Martin’s projects deal with popular culture, national myths and icons in a globalized world to deconstruct and distort mass media discourses.
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Images courtesy of BP.15 and Telesur