{"id":45405,"date":"2026-01-26T20:37:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T02:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themesh.art\/?post_type=eventos&#038;p=45405"},"modified":"2026-01-26T20:38:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T02:38:05","slug":"elyla-corpodivinidades","status":"publish","type":"eventos","link":"https:\/\/themesh.art\/en\/eventos\/elyla-corpodivinidades\/","title":{"rendered":"Elyla  Corpodivinidades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Esta es la primera exposici\u00f3n individual del artista y activista nicarag\u00fcense Elyla (Chontales, 1989) en un museo. El proyecto re\u00fane m\u00e1s de una d\u00e9cada de producci\u00f3n art\u00edstica, incluyendo fotograf\u00eda, video, instalaci\u00f3n, escultura y vestimenta empleada en performances e intervenciones callejeras. Su pr\u00e1ctica parte de su experiencia atravesada por las luchas de la comunidad\u00a0<em>cochona<\/em>, un t\u00e9rmino nicarag\u00fcense usado peyorativamente contra las personas homosexuales y recuperado como una afirmaci\u00f3n cr\u00edtica para nombrar las desobediencias sexuales y formas de existencia hist\u00f3ricamente abyectas y despreciadas.<\/p>\n<p>En diversas acciones, Elyla irrumpe en el espacio p\u00fablico para revisitar la tradici\u00f3n masculina revolucionaria y poner en tensi\u00f3n la historia oficial. Su obra indaga en el mito del mestizaje y en los modos en que ha sido utilizado para invisibilizar la presencia afrodescendiente e ind\u00edgena en Nicaragua y Centroam\u00e9rica. Ante ello, propone la noci\u00f3n de\u00a0<em>barro mestiza\u00a0<\/em>como una manera de confrontar y escapar de su narrativa homogeneizadora. En trabajos recientes, entrelaza lo humano, lo geol\u00f3gico y lo vegetal, subrayando la defensa del territorio mesoamericano. Desde sus inicios, ha reinterpretado danzas tradicionales nicarag\u00fcenses como rituales festivos de liberaci\u00f3n y autodeterminaci\u00f3n colectiva.<\/p>\n<p>El t\u00e9rmino\u00a0<em>corpodivinidades<\/em>\u00a0\u2014acu\u00f1ado por Elyla\u2014 imagina una intersecci\u00f3n entre cuerpo, deseo y espiritualidad, as\u00ed como una b\u00fasqueda ancestral de parentescos travestis y sexo-disidentes, alejados de las narrativas LGBTIQ+ del norte global. La exposici\u00f3n se enmarca en un programa m\u00e1s amplio dedicado al arte contempor\u00e1neo de Centroam\u00e9rica.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"align-der\">Miguel A. L\u00f3pez (Curador, Museo Universitario del Chopo, UNAM)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Elyla\u00a0<\/strong>(Chontales, Nicaragua, 1989)<br \/>\nEs une artista interdisciplinarie. Su obra ha sido exhibida en Am\u00e9rica Latina, Am\u00e9rica del Norte, Canad\u00e1, Europa y Asia. Destaca su participaci\u00f3n en la 60\u00aa Bienal de Venecia (2024), curada por Adriano Pedrosa; 3era Bienal de Arte de Toronto (2024), curada por Miguel A. L\u00f3pez y Dominique Fontaine; IX y X Bienal de Nicaragua (2014, 2016); IX y X Bienal de Centroam\u00e9rica (2014, 2016); XII Bienal de La Habana, Cuba (2015); Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics en Nueva York; y Museo de Arte Contempor\u00e1neo de Panam\u00e1.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ha recibido numerosos premios y residencias:\u00a0\u00a0<em>Moving Narratives Mentorship Award<\/em>\u00a02024 otorgado por el Prince Claus Fund;\u00a0<em>Seed Award<\/em>\u00a0en 2021; en 2020 una\u00a0<em>Artist Protection Fund Fellowship<\/em>\u00a0en la Universidad de Bucknell, concedida por el Institute of International Education (IIE) con el apoyo del Samek Art Museum.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Su obra\u00a0<em>Machete Dress<\/em>\u00a0recibi\u00f3 una beca del Programa de Subvenciones y Comisiones 2023 de la Fundaci\u00f3n de Arte Cisneros Fontanals (CIFO) en su 16\u00aa edici\u00f3n. Su obra es parte de colecciones internacionales: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sof\u00eda (MNCARS), Colecci\u00f3n TBA21, Fundaci\u00f3n de Arte Cisneros Fontanals, Colecci\u00f3n del MAC Panam\u00e1, Colecci\u00f3n de la Fundaci\u00f3n documental del trabajo de Operaci\u00f3n Queer\/Operaci\u00f3n Cochona (2013-2020), colectivo del cual Elyla es cofundadore.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Esta es la primera exposici\u00f3n individual del artista y activista nicarag\u00fcense Elyla (Chontales, 1989) en un museo. 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