AW CLASSROOM PODCAST: INTERVIEW WITH ARTIST XIME IZQUIERDO UGAZ  

For this episode, we talk to artist Xime Izquierdo Ugaz about their online archive, "se que fue así porque estuve allí," a commissioned project of El Museo's, ESTAMOS BIEN- LA TRIENAL 20/21. The digital archive expands on the artist’s ongoing series of photo portraits of their queer chosen family and features over forty images accompanied by text and audio testimonies. Along with talking about their journey, Ugaz also shares how they recently spoke out against the Brooklyn Museum highlighting how the institution mistreated many people of color on staff.  

Xime Izquierdo Ugaz is a multimedia artist, curator, educator, and language justice worker born in Lima, Perú. Their work primarily touches on the imprint of inter-generational trauma within their own family in relationship to place and migration.  They are the visual arts co-curator at Nat. Brut & co-founder of QTPOC virtual festival based in Perú, Cabritas Resistiendo en Cuarentena.  Their hand embroidery collection is Beso de Moza & a recent collab with Omololu Babatunde, ROGUE THEIF, is an upcycled denim brand honoring thieves. They are also a co-organizer of BODYHACK, a party and mutual aid fund for trans and nonbinary folks.  Their work has appeared in FEELINGS and their first chapbook is titled Estoy Tristeza (No, Dear Magazine & Small Anchor Press ,2018).  

Please see more info linking to Xime's sites here:  

sequefueasi exhibition link: www.sequefueasi.com 

portfolio web: www.ximexime.com  

Personal ig: instagram.com/huacatayy 

BODYHACK IG: instagram.com/_bodyhack_ 

Cabritas Resistiendo IG: instagram.com/cabritasresistiendo    

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