La Tortura (2006-2019) started during an extended stay in Buenos Aires, where I tried to make sense of queer desire in the streets of the Argentinian capital city.
The fast access to strange men in urban life, whenever pedestrians come close at a traffic light or in queues or cross their eyes through a vehicle's windows. All these interactions form a web of impossible interactions, which I call 'La Tortura'.
By calling desire torture, I echoed the reality of queer folks living under heteronormative pressures. The senses, looks, and feelings must conform to other people’s gaze, censorship , and punishment.
I recreated queer gaze on distinct landscapes such as Lima, Havana, Athens, Los Angeles, and London. The series approaches the voyeur as a character that has lost authority, but its marginal position still prevails.
Athens, 2009
Buenos Aires, 2008
Buenos Aires, 2008
Buenos Aires, 2008
Lima, 2011
Havana, 2008
Havana, 2009
Buenos Aires, 2008
