CONTESTING NARRATIVES

CONTESTING NARRATIVES

Using Archival Images to Expand the Imaginary

A conversation with artist Nieves Mingueza

moderated by Estéfani Bouza

This Open Session deals with the archive and its material as a productive space. We will discuss the work of contemporary artist, Nieves Mingueza, who utilises archival images to create a visuality around aspects of women’s lives that usually go unnoticed. This session will feature a conversation with Mingueza about her work: Case 3181 (2020), One in Three Women (2021) and winter while waiting (2024) where the artist addresses gender-based violence using found vernacular photographs, archival material and her own writing. In that sense, Mingueza ‘reactivates’ these forgotten photographs to visualise the predominance of gender-based violence: a topic often silenced, that Mingueza’s practice brings to the surface to prevent these stories falling into oblivion. Throughout the conversation, we will address the roles of archival and ‘found’ materials in configuring alternative futures, considering how images shape new imaginations.