archiva_mutante: the erasure, the rupture and the city

Abstract

In this paper, we will address the works Borré las paredes de las pintas (2019) and Nuestra victoria (2019-2020) by Diana Cano and Julieta Gil, two contemporary Mexican artists whose perspectives capture the same event: the 'Revolución de la Diamantina' or 'Glitter Revolution', a series of feminist protests that began in mid-August 2019 in which the monument to the Angel of Independence was painted over by graffiti of feminist march slogans. We take both works as if they were two files from the Mexico City archive of what was deliberately and reliably erased by the capital authorities: the graffiti of feminist protests on walls and historical monuments that seek to denounce gender violence in the country. We consider that the artists' works push the questioning of historical memory while subjectivity and collectivity were woven in public space.