REPRESENTATIONS/PRESENTATIONS OF FEMALE IDENTITY IN THE CONTEXT OF NARCOCULTURE: THE PERFORMATIVE WORK OF LORENA WOLFFER

This article deals with the representations and presentations of female identity in the performative work of the Mexican artist Lorena Wolffer. The artist, inserted in a context of narco-culture, ex-plores artistic alternatives to the aestheticisation and invisibilisation of violence projected onto the female body. Through the case study of her works Territorio Mexicano (1995-1997), If She Is Mexico, Who Beat Her Up? (1997-1999), Mientras dormiamos (el caso Juarez) (2002-2012) and Expuestas: registros publicos (2007-2013), she raises and denounces extreme violence against women, offering creative strategies and participatory cultural interventions to heal the victims and transform reality.