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Indigenous and Southern experiences of colonial spatial, extractivist activity are contextually important for critical geographical and geospatial studies concerned with the effects of power and control systems on communities. Critical theory is used across corporeal and cognitive modalities in these contexts to generate creative actions for change. In this paper, we discuss performances, installations and collaborations emerging out of the Mapping Porous Borders project, led by artists in Aotearoa/New Zealand and Chile. Video examples of artistic mappings made during the pandemic, specifically Dependence and Independence by Francisco Gonzalez (Chile/United States), Chaosgraph: Scales of Infection by Linda Knight and alys longley (Australia/New Zealand) and the exhibition A Tilting Body of Precarious Maps and Migrant Constellations, curators alys longley and Kate Stevenson (New Zealand/United States) focus on the ways critically theorised artistic mapping and counter-mapping resist isolation and border closures through practices of collaboration and solidarity, allowing us to ‘push back’ against colonial imperatives. We assert that artistic collaboration allows for exchanging ideas on the aesthetic dimensions of power at a material level across different geopolitical contexts and living conditions. These emerge in the relationships between our artistic works, critical theory and perspectives of the Global South through practice, conversation and knowledge exchange. Las experiencias indígenas y del Sur de la actividad colonial espacial y extractiva son contextualmente importantes para los estudios geográficos y geoespaciales críticos que se ocupan de los efectos de los sistemas de poder y control en las comunidades. La teoría crítica se utiliza en estos contextos, a través de modalidades corporales y cognitivas, para generar acciones creativas para el cambio. En este artículo, analizamos las performances, instalaciones y colaboraciones surgidas del proyecto Mapeo de Bordes Porosos, conducido por artistas de Nueva Zelanda y Chile. Ejemplos en vídeo de mapeos artísticos realizados durante la pandemia, concretamente Dependencia e Independencia de Francisco González (Chile/Estados Unidos), Caosgrafía: Escalas de infección, de Linda Knight y alys longley (Australia/Nueva Zelanda), y la exposición Un cuerpo oscilante de mapas precarios y constelaciones de migrantes, cuyas comisarias, alys longley y Kate Stevenson (Nueva Zelanda/Estados Unidos), se centran en el modo en que la cartografía y la contracartografía artísticas teorizadas críticamente resisten el aislamiento y el cierre de fronteras mediante prácticas de colaboración y solidaridad, permitiéndonos ‘rechazar’ los imperativos coloniales. Afirmamos que la colaboración artística permite intercambiar ideas sobre las dimensiones estéticas del poder a nivel material a través de diferentes contextos geopolíticos y condiciones de vida. Éstas surgen en las relaciones entre nuestras obras artísticas, la teoría crítica y las perspectivas del Sur Global a través de la práctica, la conversación y el intercambio de conocimientos. Keywords: counter-mapping, artist mapping, artistic collaboration, multi-lingual artistic research, interdisciplinary artistic practice
Knowledge Cultures – Addleton Academic Publishers
Published: Jan 1, 2022
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