Expelling herself: the first studies for Eco

I present, in this visual essay, a sequence of the first six drag-photoshoots that constitute the Studies for Eco series. These self-portraits marks processes of dilution and construction of my identities as Eco as I begin my journey in drag art, bringing different moments of scrutiny and tests on/a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Cardoso, Állan Cordeiro, Ferreira, Débora Pazetto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC)
Repositorio:Revista Apotheke
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai::article/22266
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.udesc.br/index.php/apotheke/article/view/22266
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Drag
Performance
Photography
Self-portrait
Fotografía
Autorretrato
Fotografia
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Sumario:I present, in this visual essay, a sequence of the first six drag-photoshoots that constitute the Studies for Eco series. These self-portraits marks processes of dilution and construction of my identities as Eco as I begin my journey in drag art, bringing different moments of scrutiny and tests on/about me that records the birth and transitions of this persona that leaves the paper and canvas where it used to live to now inhabit the world. I experiment different bodies and faces that are created from my memories, materials, music, experiences, stereotypes, books, memes and concepts indefinitely. In addition to these photoshoots, I visit the first nuances and efforts of Eco to show herself through drawings in our home phone book when we were nine years old - a fetus that is born in the drag-photoshoots sixteen years later. The visual essay ends with a letter received by Eco, offering possible interpretations and bridges between two subjectivities, two sensitivities, two stories that intersect in the same eagerness to continue existing and resisting.