Life as a Lie hdv 9:18 min 2012 Paula Urbano explores the experience of a young Argentinean woman, Maria Eugenia, attempting to navigate the diverse narratives about her adoption that were told to her after her parents were disappeared. During …
Posted in works | Tagged adoption, Argentina, identity, truth | Leave a commentAscend/Descend 2011 Inflatable sculpture 34 feet aprox 10 meter made of Ripstone Nylon fabric and 70 denier Nylon Taffeta. Exhibited at the groupshow Giants in the City in Bayfront Park, Downtown Miami. Ascend/Descend Whatever I say you will not hear …
Posted in works | Tagged identity, installation, intersectionality | Leave a commentPaula Urbano Her Life DV video 12:33 min 2008 Her Life presents a narrative constructed through the stories told by multiple women in Santiago, Chile, who describe the childhood, teenaged and adult experiences of an unnamed “Her”. The film interviews …
Posted in works | Tagged Chile, documentary, fiction, identity, interculturality, storytelling, video | Leave a commentHere and there HD video 18:45 min 2011 To brood over your identity is nothing strange, we all do that no matter where we live or where we come from. But how would it be if we actually sat down …
Posted in Uncategorized, works | Tagged documentary, fiction, identity, interculturality, storytelling, Sweden, video | Leave a commentInstallation in wood and textile 5 x 7 meters. In between sublime and political – the art of Paula Urbano At first glance it looks like a woman who is running away from something but getting nowhere. The laced …
Posted in works | Tagged identity, installation, queer | Leave a commentHER STORY B&W Photography work in progress Paula Urbano investigates actual and historical conceptions of belonging in Her Story as seen through the portrait of her Swedish-Chilean family. The photograph portrays a meticulous reconstruction of a family portrait taken in …
Posted in works | Tagged Chile, identity, interculturality, photography, storytelling, Sweden | Leave a commentIngen Titel fotografi 2007 Tröstande Trösklar jag ser alla trösklar rör mig ut och in och genom trösklar allt som är i vägen ser allt som tröstar allt som säger nej jag ser inte dig ser bara tröstande trösklar …
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