In commemoration of the International Women’s Daya collective of 50 women photojournalists and photodocumentaries intervened the metal fences placed in front of the Palace of Fine Arts, in Mexico City, to convert them into an urban gallery titled “The catch”.
Within the framework of the activities prior to International Women’s Daya group of 50 photojournalists and photodocumentaries carried out an artistic intervention on the metal fences installed in front of the Palace of Fine Arts, in Mexico City. The action, titled “The catch”transformed these structures into an urban gallery with images that document different realities and struggles of women in the country.
The initiative arose as a way of reappropriate public space and give new meaning to the fences that are placed every year to protect monuments and buildings during the mobilizations of the 8M. Instead of functioning solely as a barrier, the participants decided to use them as a support to exhibit documentary photography.
The images were pasted directly on the metal fence that surrounds the cultural venue, one of the most emblematic points of the Historic Center and a recurring scene of protests and social demonstrations.
The exhibition brings together photographs that show feminist protests, portraits of organized women, scenes of social mobilization and testimonies of struggle and resistance in different regions of Mexico.
Images related to searching mothers, activists and collectivesas well as moments of daily life captured from the perspective of photographers who document social reality through visual journalism.
This way, “The catch” It turns public space into a meeting point between art, photojournalism and collective memory, allowing those who pass through the area to closely observe stories that are often recorded only in the news media.
Although the intervention takes place in the country’s capital, the exhibition includes works by authors from various entities, which provides a plural vision of the experiences of women in Mexico.
Among the states represented are Mexico City, Puebla, Chiapas, Morelos, Sinaloa, Nuevo León, State of Mexico and Baja Californiaamong others.
The call was open topicso each participant chose the photograph that best represented their work or their view of the social movements, inequalities and struggles that they document in their journalistic work.
The initiative emerged as a way to redefine the metal fences that are placed every year to protect monuments and historical buildings during feminist mobilizations.
Instead of seeing them only as a barrier, the participants decided to turn them into a urban canvas to show the work of women within photojournalism and make visible the stories they document in the streets.
In addition to being an exhibition, “La pega” also functions as a symbolic takeover of public spacewhere photography becomes a tool of memory, denunciation and accompaniment to the struggles of women in Mexico.
The sample will remain visible during the activities and mobilizations of the March 8when thousands of women will take to the streets of the capital to demand equality, justice and an end to gender violence.
