Dr. Cole Rizki (Virginia)

Aesthetics of Survival, Arts of Repair: Anti-Authoritarian Trans Politics and ResistanceThis talk looks at "Cómo retratar a una sobreviviente? // How to Photograph a Survivor" by Germán Menna (Argentina),  contextualizing Menna's work in the current political climate surrounding trans activism in the southern cone. Analyzing carceral photography, studio portraiture, and audio clips of travesti/trans resistance in Argentina, Dr. Rizki discusses Menna's collaborative work as an example of "Repertoires of Resistance."