Ana Laura Aláez

Ana Laura Aláez (Bilbao, 1964) became known as an artist with Mujeres sobre zapatos de plataforma, a sculpture unveiled in the Espacio 13 gallery of Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona. Her first installation, She Astronauts, identified with the relational art movement, earned her an invitation from the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, where she showed he work Beauty Cabinet Prototype. There followed Dance & Disco at MNCARS, Pabellón de escultura at MUSAC in León, three installations at the 49th Venice Biennale and Bridge of Light, a permanent piece for Towada Art Center (Japan). She is currently preparing a solo exhibition at CA2M, Madrid, to be titled Todos los conciertos, todas las noches, todo vacío.

Portadoras queer: el doble y la repetición proposes an exploration of degrees of rebelliousness through a representation of plural femaleness, using image repetition in parallel with repetition in music. The video features a specific track created alongside German musician Ascii.disko. The chorus of the song I can’t get away from myself acts, we might say, to pull together the diverse voices. The main structure of the piece comprises a series of chapters interspersed with other narratives that have emerged in the making. The end result is a short film that could be classified in many ways at the same time: drawing, dance, sculpture, catalogue, performance, music video, trailer, text, visual diary. What stands out is that all the characters are bearers of a non-binary gender in perpetual movement, accepting of the fact that to take risks is to fall down. Each one represents a new contemporary demiurge, legitimizing creation out of difference.