Paola Monzillo (Uruguay)
Working with mediums such as collage, drawing and installation, Monzillo is interested in challenging the supposed neutrality of historical data and geographical representation. She questions why these complex narrative fabrics and systems of representations look the way they do and points out how their configurations are connected to mechanisms for the political imposition of power.
Drawing on experiences both as an artist and architect, Monzillo has studied the contrast between cartographies of Native American sites and those produced by Spanish colonizers.
Lately she has been particularly interested in the myths told about the Danish vikings in regards to the discovery of America which will also be subject to her work during her stay at Malt AIR.
