LaOtra

Created in 2021, LaOtra focuses on the distortions of normative structures, the cracks in daily life that reveal the dynamics of domination in which female bodies are socialized, both individually and collectively. Drawing from and applying transfeminist and intersectional feminist theories, LaOtra engages in a curatorial practice that questions the social and political construction of the “woman-body,” femininities, and the instrumentalization they continue to face under heteronormative, patriarchal, and capitalist narratives.

Our research also addresses the violence exerted by cultural institutions in their interactions with dissident, female, migrant, or vulnerable bodies, which are persistently labeled under the concept of “otherness.” This perspective denies them the possibility of self-understanding within hegemonic discourse. It renders them invisible, co-opts their narratives, and neutralizes them by incorporating them. Our project, therefore, emphasizes horizontal relational spaces where all voices are heard without hierarchy or imposition, in an exercise of deconstructing hegemonies.

This approach has led us to ground our work in horizontality. We carry out a collaborative, networked practice where all participants reflect, contribute, make decisions, and take responsibility within the project. This working model enables us to subvert the hierarchy and verticality commonly found in other spaces.

LaOtra has won the 2024 Pankhurst Curatorship Call, produced by the Matas i Ramis Center.

LaOtra is composed of María Amador, cultural manager and registrar at the Tàpies Museum, and Patricia Sorroche, head of exhibitions at the Tàpies Museum.