Abstract

CASALINI, Giulia. Feminist Embodiments of Silence: Performing the Intolerable Speech in the Work of Regina José Galindo. Ex aequo [online]. 2013, n.27, pp.27-41. ISSN 0874-5560.

The essay explores how silence represents a «feminine language» that communicates through a non-uttered voice. The analysis of silence is here conducted in performance art practice by focussing on the work of Guatemalan artist Regina José Galindo: by using her works, the essay shows how the artist bears witness to trauma and to gender-related violence. This investigation approaches silent performance as capable of articulating and triggering both ethical and political considerations.

Keywords : Silence; body; trauma; performance; feminism.

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