The photo of a woman with her eyes closed, her body painted green and dirt on her neck and face is
one of the 36 works
that can be seen in
Titánides
, the exhibition by
Máximo Parpagnoli, a photographer for the Teatro Colón for almost four decades,
which opens this Wednesday, March 8 at 6:00 p.m. in the
Marcelo Gurruchaga Space,
within the framework of
8M, Women's Day.
Titanides
is the first part of
a photographic trilogy that addresses the issue of gender violence and women's struggles,
from the photography of Performing Arts and
the photographed are all actresses, opera singers, dancers, musicians and artists.
From
the actress Victoria Lombardero to
the soprano Oriana Favaro,
they put their body, mind and emotion into it to be able to generate this show that
seeks to install violence and the struggle of women to get out of it.
Laura Penido, dancer of the Permanent Ballet of the Teatro Colón, by Máximo Parpagnoli.
Laura
Penido, dancer of the
Permanent Ballet of the Teatro Colón,
Paula Etchebehere, body trainer for actors and actresses, and Katharina Deissler, a German based in Argentina, violinist of the Permanent Theater Orchestra, are also part of the show.
Parpagnoli
was interested in representing through art how what for him is the most important social movement so far this century was formed: the empowerment of women, the massive denunciation of gender violence, the Me Too movements,
Ni
one Less, 8M, legal and safe abortion, equal marriage and the rights and social integration of the LGTBIQ+ collective.
The trilogy is also made up of "Witches" and "Heroines", and the project will run until 2024. Each part is made up of
36 large-format photographs,
accompanied by texts that complete the proposal.
During the exhibition, there will also be activities and workshops related to these themes.
The photographer Maximo Parpagnoli.
“The sample was born with a main objective that was to express a look from a different perspective, about gender violence and the empowerment of women.
I am not a photojournalist, my thing has been performing arts photography for decades and using that language, I summoned the protagonists of the performing arts to see how I could talk about these issues: gender violence, the empowerment of women and everything the group of problems that this encompasses.
That is why I chose six artists who have had or have some kind of connection with the
Teatro Colón,
which is my place of work," the photographer explained to
Clarín Cultura.
Since the mobilizations for
8M
began in the country, Parpagnoli
has been interested in raising awareness and keeping the issue current, because, according to what he himself said: “It is important enough since it goes through the whole world individually and as
a
society.
The expectation that I have is that it serves to question people, to tell everyone that this happens every day, and that it is increasing, not decreasing”.
The exhibition also seeks to put on the table that in the universe of performing arts there is also gender violence and resistance, as well as the struggle of women and diversity.
“There is a lot of gender violence in the performing arts
and a lot of empowerment is required on the part of women to overcome an area that is determined by the postulates of patriarchy, discrimination and underestimation.
The patriarchy is not going to give up a square centimeter, that is why we must continue fighting point by point, ”she pointed out.
The soprano Oriana Favaro, by Máximo Parpagnoli.
“The feminist movement has also been questioning aesthetics in art and this show comes to show other things.
The oppression of the capitalist system is a great darkness”, said the actress Victoria Lombardero, photographed for
Titánides.
Oriana Favaro,
opera singer, whose image is also part of the exhibition, added: "I like to look in the mirror and say I feel good, I see myself as I like to see myself, to feel that the image that the mirror returns to me has what to do with me."
For the actress Dara Parpagnoli, "the politicization of the body responds to a lot of canons that do not have to do strictly with the feminine."
The idea of the artist is that
the exhibition can be itinerant,
both within the country and outside of Argentina, for this reason, according to his words, the assembly module that has been chosen is minimalist to allow easy transport of the images from one place to other.
The actress Dara Parpagnoli.
The treatment of the image is similar in all the series and the photographer chose the studio to have a controlled lighting situation, which was what he needed to be able to define exactly the light, gamma, contrast and color parameters.
“The tone from the point of view of the photographic technique is quite sober, all in this case are on a black background, there are no photographs with a light background, interest is focused on the character that appears in the image, the idea is that there are no distracting elements in the background or on the periphery of the image that could weaken the message that I am trying to give”, he explained.
“Photography, like all the arts, be it visual, plastic, literary, scenic, or musical, helps in the current fight against transfeminisms.
I believe in the transforming power of art at all levels, but that power can be much more efficient if all of us, the artists, begin to speak, denounce, testify, show and debate and that this issue does not decline", Parpagnoli
considered .
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Titanides
, by Máximo Parpagnoli
Where:
Marcelo Gurruchaga Space, Tacuarí 719.
When:
Monday to Friday, from 12 to 18. Until April 14.
Admission:
free.
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