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Materializing women's silences

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    I am a visual artist, and my research began with the study of intimate diaries written by women travelers. These personal writings sparked my interest in the ways women have recorded their own experiences across time, often outside official historical narratives.

    In this context, I find it meaningful to think about Egeria, a woman from the 4th century who is widely considered one of the founders of the travel diary genre. Her account of pilgrimage and observation of the places she visited can be understood as one of the earliest examples of a woman narrating her own experience of movement, encounter, and discovery.

    Building on this point of departure, my current work explores a female familial thread and the ways in which women inherit silenced stories from one generation to the next. These stories often include experiences of abuse and violence that remain unspoken,

    yet continue to shape family memory and influence how the past is understood and transmitted.

    I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts and completed a specialization in Media and Technologies for Pictorial Production in Argentina, where I expanded my approach

    to contemporary pictorial practices. Based in Bangkok, I have presented solo exhibitions and participated in art fairs, developing my artistic practice within international contemporary art contexts.

    I believe in the importance of women telling our own stories and reclaiming the narrative of our bodies. For centuries, in a world where men have largely occupied the role of producers of knowledge in the public sphere, it has often been their voices that defined and interpreted women’s bodies, lives, and identities.

     

    Through art, psychology, sport, and other academic disciplines, these perspectives shaped dominant understandings of what it means to be a woman. When women speak about ourselves, something essential changes. Our voices introduce new ways of knowing and new ways of understanding experience.

     

    To narrate ourselves is not only an act of expression but also a shift in epistemology.

    The stories women tell about our own bodies and lives challenge inherited narratives and open space for more complex and truthful perspectives. In doing so, they contribute not only to the well-being and dignity of women, but also to a broader and more humane understanding of the world we all share.

    Women’s silenced stories speak through our bodies. Through my work, I reflect on my own body and lived experience, while these personal inquiries lead me toward my ancestors, literature written by women, and the subjects women have historically explored when producing knowledge.

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      egeriaerrante@gmail.com
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      66942362470
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