Lorenza 2018
This photograph is part of a large documentary project I am working on since 2 years .
Lorenza is a female drummer from Costa Chica Oaxaca mexico I have been going for 2 years , visiting and living with a Women called Juliana and her family . The documentary project talks about women in that area of Mexico . I have learned about local tradition and all the aspects of the women society in such a difficult and isolated area of mexico . I met local healers and midwifes , who reminded me about the importance of the natural order and the importance of life . But also “queridas” ( mistresses) , abandoned women, widows, single mothers or mothers of many children .
The initial project about women became my own journey, like the shadow line , into the origin , the womb , and back . I found many parallels with my own life and female relationships and suffering , as long as features of feminism and proudness . Every person I met , is a character in the journey .
17 Alejandra midwife shows me the head of a baby in her niece belly 2019
The documentary project talks about women in that area of Mexico . I have learned about local tradition and all the aspects of the women society in such a difficult and isolated area of mexico . I met local healers and midwifes , who reminded me about the importance of the natural order and the importance of life . But also “queridas” ( mistresses) , abandoned women, widows, single mothers or mothers of many children .
The initial project about women became my own journey, like the shadow line , into the origin , the womb , and back . I found many parallels with my own life and female relationships and suffering , as long as features of feminism and proudness . Every person I met , is a character in the journey .
16 Mary in a traditional Etiopian dress barrowed from Yadira 2018
The documentary project talks about women in that area of Mexico . I have learned about local tradition and all the aspects of the women society in such a difficult and isolated area of mexico . I met local healers and midwifes , who reminded me about the importance of the natural order and the importance of life . But also “queridas” ( mistresses) , abandoned women, widows, single mothers or mothers of many children .
The initial project about women became my own journey, like the shadow line , into the origin , the womb , and back . I found many parallels with my own life and female relationships and suffering , as long as features of feminism and proudness . Every person I met , is a character in the journey .
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Maciejka Art
Poland
Maciejka Alicja Art was born in Lodz, Poland in 1983, moved to Italy at the age of 7. Studied and Graduated at the academy of fine arts in Venice first and gained an MA in professional Photography and video making in 2009. Moved to London in 2011 where discovered moving images either as artistic expression and documentary professional work. Also started a collaboration with different new media artists and musicians. Participated in exhibitions curated by Franko B and James Elphic.
3 years ago, Maciejka started travelling to Latin America and Mexico where undertook different art residencies and projects, such as "las chicas de Iquitos" in the Amazon in Peru published on the WITNESS JOURNAL and "Mexican Flowers" a large body of work done in Mexico, representing nudes of Mexican Women of different ages, in a solo exhibition in Lodz, Poland, her native town . The exhibition focused of contemporary issues around the concept of femininity as a universal matter of metaphor and understanding o