Speaking for our difference

word, body and performance in and through the street by Pedro Lemebel, Batato Barea and Suzy Shock

Abstract

This article aims to reflect on the relevance of artistic productions, in a confluence of poetry, body and performance, in affirming dissident identities within a post-dictatorial South American context. Taking as a starting point the discussion of identity postulated by Leonor Arfuch (2005), we propose to establish a dialog between the critical thinking and artistic aesthetics of Pedro Lemebel, Batato Barea and Susy Shock. In the wake of political discussions over the last twenty years - discussions which have catalyzed a cuír/sudaka subjectivity - summoning these dissident gendered bodies present in the argentine and chilean territories ratifies an impetus to radically transform the imaginary of the city in the perspective of a world to come.