Ghis Rodriguez

My work is based on the body as a political and emotional territory: a space
where memories, stigmas, violence and possibilities of
transformation are inscribed.
As a woman who lives and resists in a patriarchal society, violence of
gender is an axis that runs through my practice. The body – my own and others’ –
becomes a channel of expression and denunciation, while ritual operates
as a tool to transcend pain and turn it into collective action
. My performances are ritualistic acts that address issues such as
stereotypes, stigmas and violence, from a critical,
sensitive and committed point of view.
I work with people who voluntarily lend their bodies to make
plaster casts, which I transform into sculptures loaded with history,
affection and resistance. In these pieces, the materiality establishes an intimate dialogue
with the body, generating forms that embody authentic experiences and
deeply cathartic processes.
Another central axis in my work is the relationship between bodies and the spaces
they inhabit. I am interested in reflecting on gentrification, displacement
and how movements within the city affect our relationship with
housing and identity. I explore the affective ties to home, the
transitions and how these changes affect physically and emotionally
on those who go through them and how the body responds, resists and dialogues with its
constantly changing environment.
My practice seeks to generate empathy, awareness and struggle. Through art, I create
spaces where the personal becomes political and the intimate becomes a
called collective.