How Street Art is Giving Women a Voice in Argentina's Feminist Movement
The feminist movement in Argentina is growing all the time. From the now infamous Ni Una Menos marches that began in 2015 to the recent actions by the group of female artists and art workers Nosotras Proponemos, art and the streets are providing the women of Argentina with powerful tools to make their voices heard. We take a look inside some of the new murals and exhibitions in Argentina that form part of the feminist movement.
A slew of new murals in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires are calling attention to a new strand of the feminist movement that has perhaps not previously been explored. The artist Ailen Possamay is responsible for a number of murals that depict female characters carrying out domestic chores, coupled with a phrase inspired by the writer Silvia Federici that reads “Eso que llaman amor es trabajo no pago”, which translates to “What they call a labour of love is really unpaid work”. The artist commented on the work by saying, “Despite the fact that in recent times the awareness of gender violence has increased, it continues to be associated almost exclusively with physical violence. However, physical violence is the tip of the iceberg of a network of violence that is more underhanded and imperceptible because of the “naturalness” with which we perceive them. Thus, many types of violence remain relatively hidden and invisible and therefore little and nothing is done to combat them. Among them what we call economic violence.”
Speaking about the phrase itself, she says, “Deploying this slogan that denounces the naturalization of the domestic role of women has to do with the importance of taking to the street, of appropriating the public space that belongs to us and that the feminist movement has sought to win over time. While the system wants us relegated in our homes, working for free, we go out into the streets, to dispute the value of our lives against the system. It is about giving the battle in our community, opening the debate, generating a dialogue and building a new imagination.”
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