Carlos Motta

The construction of the colonial subject in America made use of physical and epistemic violence against the other. This is the reason why it has been represented in the narratives of the conquerors or rulers according to the values ​​of the cultural establishment. This ensemble of videos shows stories about unspeakable sins (abominable). Body, homoerotic desires and banned sexualities find here a representation of the nature and the intersection of historic times, a counterpoint to the values ​​raised and defended by Catholic, white and heterosexual cultural regulations. Therefore, Motta’s work calls into question this representation of the subaltern subject who survives in the modern country, the one who has been replicated through institutions like the church, the school and the government itself.