ecofeminism(s)
PUBLIC PROGRAM ONLINE: ZOOM CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ARTISTS
moderated by ecofeminism(s) curator, Monika Fabijanska
September 16, 6:30 PM EST
Raquel Cecilia Mendieta, niece and goddaughter of Ana Mendieta
Mira Friedlaender, daughter of Bilge Friedlaender
Raquel Cecilia Mendieta is a filmmaker, writer, and video artist most known for her recent films on her aunt, artist Ana Mendieta. Her films have screened at film festivals and art museums world-wide. She is the Associate Administrator for the Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection and was responsible for overseeing the digital restoration of the artist’s works on film and video. She is currently working on a feature length documentary about the life and art of Ana Mendieta.
Mira Friedlaender is an artist living in New York City, and has exhibited locally and internationally. Her work has been featured in the New York Times and Bomb, she is a recent fellow in the Art & Law Program and has held public facing residencies at the American Center in Bangladesh and Recess in New York City. She is the Director of the Bilge Friedlaender Estate and co-curated Bilge Friedlaender: Words, Numbers, Lines at Arter in Istanbul (2016).
Image: Ana Mendieta (Cuban American, 1948-1985), Bacayu (Esculturas Rupestres) [Light of Day (Rupestrian Sculptures)], 1981/2019. Black and white photograph, 40 x 55 in © The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co.