‘No Soy un Activista, Soy un Artista’: Representations of the Feminicide at the Intersections of Art and Activism

Abstract

Raising questions of the disposability of victims of feminicide in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, Teresa Margolles' installation Lote Bravo (2005) is compared with the grassroots activist group Voces Sin Eco's Cross Campaign and Humberto Macías Martínez's Muralist Movement. These responses to the feminicidio are considered as interrogating and negating the ideas and ideals of art-activism. Exploring the problematics of Lote Bravo, a new reading of the installation as an ‘artivist’ work is offered, identifying a certain potential beyond Mexico.