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when was that Arca's photo taken? I had never seen it but it looks quite early in her transition as her face is completely different now after the surgeries. What an interesting photo and post
August 27, 2020. https://www.glamcult.com/articles/in-conversation-with-arca/
I might compile a chronological list of interviews/pictures if I don’t find one. There’s some very dedicated archivists out there! r/arcamusic has an awesome master post on all the music.
I really like the photographs from this stage of the transition. They’re seductive, and challenging in the best sense of the term.
PS: thank you for the ask! grateful you found this post interesting, as I was considering deleting it :)
I love your takes on arca and in gender/transition in general. What do you think about songs like prada where arca seems to assume both a very delicate feminine and dominant masculine approach to sexuality? I’ve seen reviews talking about how that’s arca challenging the views of femininity especially for a trans woman and I was curious to know what you make of it
Dear Anonymous,
First - I'm glad you find something interesting in what I wrote about Arca. I am a recent fan and still in the grips of a very powerful crush :)
Second - why are you asking such a hard question? :) I tried to answer it concisely a couple of times and didn't succeed. So please be patient with me for a bit longer, or send me a direct message for a more fluid conversation.
For now, here is a partial answer:
There's an Arca interview that I keep going to: buttmagazine.com/interviews/arca-2 (August 31 2022). Short quote: "I'm continuing to explore the question of what my womanhood looks like, and how to convey it without it becoming a caricature. [...] It's been a slow process of not wanting to renounce any extreme. Tomboy mode is as important to me as being able to get dolled up. I don't want to replace one script with another script. [...] I'm constantly asking myself certain questions that never go away. The answers change over time." There's a lot to unpack in the interview, and I'd love to return to it in a longer post.
I'd give away years off my life if we could just stop using the words 'feminity' and 'masculinity'. Do you remember Mary Poppins' nanny bag in which everything and anything can fit? This is how I see these words. We stuff in them neat collections of concepts/adjectives ("delicate", "dominant"....), forgetting that their contents is time/culture dependent, and that it is not a given - we choose what is put there, and we don't necessarily agree what fits best in each of them. I'd love to hear from you what is in your bags.
Thanks for that comprehensive answer! Unfortunately it really is difficult to avoid being “problematic” with the vocabulary. As I was writing the question I was like “hm maybe feminine and masculine are not the best words” but it gets so difficult to get your point across. Thanks for the arca quote too, it was very helpful to better understand her work and vision. I specifically mentioned prada because she goes from slow soft “traditionally feminine” vocals to hard-hitting aggressive lower “traditionally masculine” vocals while singing about being the top in that encounter, which really seems like a statement like “I’m a trans woman and I can top and be a tomboy and change my voice etc”. She’s such a great artist
Yes, a great artist and a brave person. I can’t wait to see what her next album will be, pretty sure it will defy our expectations :) I might be repeating myself - her art is very personal so it will reflect who she is and what she wants now, which is different from the arca of kick which was different from the arca of self-titled etc. I do appreciate as you say that she is using her voice (natural or exaggerated through effects) to represent the different possible ‘selves’ and the choice that we have in any situation to manifest one or the others. This kind of fluidity is not easy to achieve. Her most recent non-musical work (aka the photo shoots, the catwalks) has been following the ‘doll’ script. I wonder if that will continue to be her comfortable space as an artist as well. I am not commenting on Alejandra Ghersi, Arca as a person not a persona, I want that to be clear; of course she should pursue whatever she thinks is a condition for her happiness. But, I still have a soft spot for the past Arca of the ‘both’ and ‘in-between’.
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