Santa piel, a podcast by Gabriela Wiener

Santa piel is a podcast by Gabriela Wiener for Santa Mònica Ràdio, within the framework of the exhibitions Maroon Anti-Futurism and The possibility of not having been (12.10.23 - 31.01.24). An amusing denunciation of daily racism in art and in life.

Four episodes available online through XRCB, IVOOX and Spotify.

Santa piel #1 – Venecia sin mí

"In this episode we talk about art and decolonisation in the most prestigious institutions dedicated to international art. We travel to the last appointment at this year's Sao Paulo Biennale and we pay a futuristic visit to the next Venice Biennale, that will take place in November 2024, curated for the first time by a Latin American curator: the Brazilian Adriano Pedrosa, who wanted to dedicate this edition to "foreigners everywhere, even in their own land". Sandra Gamarra, the Peruvian artist who will represent Spain in Venice, is with us to talk about all this. A Peruvian representing the Kingdom of Spain? Yes, Peruvian and anti-colonial, someone to whom Ayuso censored the word "racism" in her last individual exhibition in the space Alcalá 31. Also with us is the Argentinean writer and artist Lucrecia Masson, member of the Colectivo Ayllu that was invited to the Sao Paulo Biennial.
"And in the second part: the controversy of Peruvian art also in Venice: why, for an edition dedicated to the nobodies of the world, did Peru decide to send a white male photographer and miraflorian businessman as representative instead of the Shipiba Coniba artist Olinda Silvano, leader of Cantagallo, a native Amazonian community expatriated in Lima? We have Olinda's words and, as a bonus: an explosive interview with the representative, Roberto Huarcaya. A handful of artists and cultural critics, Ochy Curiel and my fellow countrymen Daniela Ortiz, Marco Avilés, Alfredo Villar and more, put their spoon in this soup".

Santa piel #2 – Un gonzo en el Museo de América de Madrid

"Our gonzo reporter, lover of immersive journalism, admirer of Gunter Wallrraf's infiltrator disguises and Hunter S. Thompsom's self-literary binges, infiltrates one morning slowly amidst the collection of thousands of objects extracted from the territories colonised by Spain that lie on display like trophies of conquest in a museum in Madrid. That's me: hello, my name is Gabriela Wiener and you are listening to SANTA PIEL".

Santa piel #3 – Travesti, no trans

"In this third episode: an unforgettable recital of theory, poetry and performance by beloved transvestite. From philosophy to art, from performance to literature, from poem to transvestite and racialised song, a walk through Marlene Wayar's theories, Giu Campuzano's museum, Camila Sosa's concert, Frau Diamanda's speculations, Susy Shock's great songs, Lia the Mermaid Bride's caresses, Johan Mihail's negricias and Aurora H. Camero's 'Violeta'".

Santa piel #4 – El sentido de lo marrón

This chapter is nothing more than a sound book club at Santa Piel to bring together the readings of fellow anti-racist women around the book El sentido de lo marrón: PERFORMANCE Y EXPERIENCIA RACIALIZADA DEL MUNDO (published in its original English by Duke University in 2020). The book is by Cuban-born performance and queer scholar and anti-racist theorist José Esteban Muñoz, who lived most of his life as a migrant in the United States and was one of those who in the 2000s attempted to theorise brown as a political, affective and communal identity.

In the last episode of this series, the voices of Diego Falconí (Ecuadorian researcher and writer, migrant in Barcelona), Tatiana Romero (Mexican activist and writer, migrant in Madrid), Pancho Godoy (Chilean writer and artist, member of the anti-colonial collective Ayllu, migrant in Madrid) intersect and are framed, squeezed and bastardised, Carolina Meloni (writer and philosopher from Tucuman, migrant in Madrid), Mafe Moscoso (writer and researcher from Quito, migrant in Barcelona), Rocío Quillahuaman, (illustrator and author of the book Marrón), Alejandro Mamani (lawyer and member of the collective Identidad Marrón from Argentina) and Diego Engels (lawyer and member of the Mexican collective Prietologías).

Gabriela Wiener is a Peruvian writer living in Madrid. Author of Huaco retrato, Sexografías, Nueve Lunas, among other narrative and poetry books. She won the national journalism prize in her country for a case of gender violence in which the aggressor was a poet who won a national literature prize. She is the author of several performances and a play written by and starring herself. Together with her colleagues, she is building the Sudakasa community writing and art residency project.

Foto: © María Ródenas