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Gloria Camiruaga

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Gloria Camiruaga

Born April 1, 1941 · Chimbarongo, Colchagua, Chile

Died April 10, 2006 · aged 65

Gloria Camiruaga (1941- 2006) was a filmmaker and an outstanding Chilean video artist. Her work includes a large number of pieces that cover forms related to video art, video performance and documentary. Axial elements of her work were the radical criticism of the Chilean civic-military dictatorship, the patriarchy and the social transformations that the implementation of neoliberalism generate…

Known For

La VendaLa Venda · 2000
La Venda
2000
MovieDocumentary
It gathers from a perspective the voice of women victims of human rights violations during the military regime. It is a proposal that transcends denunciation, delving into the reconstruction of the daily lives of these women, thus constituting a reflection on our society in the past and the unresolved present. It is a testimony of the courage of our women, who reconstruct the "Pieta" as the only form of pain in the Chilean imaginary.
Performance San Pablo-San MartinPerformance San Pablo-San Martin · 1986
Performance San Pablo-San Martin
1986
Movie
Valuable documentary about the life conditions of female sex workers in Santiago de Chile in 1986
Casa ParticularCasa Particular · 1990
Casa Particular
1990
MovieDocumentary
Documentary record of the performance made by "Las yeguas del apocalipsis", "La Última Cena" is staged, it also includes testimonies of the transvestites in the brothel, in bars in locations of downtown Santiago.
Tricolor (o Un espacio ganado)Tricolor (o Un espacio ganado) · 1983
Tricolor (o Un espacio ganado)
1983
Movie
According to Gloria Camiruaga, the Tricolor video was created from the realization of the scarce presence of female artists in the collective work, so that the absence of women constituted the subject of the video.
PopsiclesPopsicles · 1984
Popsicles
★ 5.01984
Movie
“This work is an interaction of the space, the symbols and the historical context in which I live as a woman on this side of the continent. It is a rosary of alarm, eternal and circular; the alarm of a woman who desires life, light, truth, and solidarity, but who instead sees and receives death and fear. It is a rejection of all that is destruction, and death, yet is depicted almost attractively as innocence.”

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