Reparative Histories and Feminist Curating from the Archive: Curators Zanna Gilbert and Elena Shtromberg on "Transgresoras"
Organised by Mara Polgovsky Ezcurra
13 April 2026, 16:30-18:30 h
Birkbeck University, Malet Street Main Building (MAL), Room G23
Join us for a conversation on "Transgresoras" with curators Zanna Gilbert and Elena Shtromberg, exploring how Latinx and Latin American women artists have used mail art as a powerful tool of resistance, connection, and feminist expression from the 1960s to today.
"Transgresoras: Mail Art and Messages, 1960s–2020s" surveys decades of artistic exchange that bypassed censorship and challenged systems of control, from authoritarian regimes to gender norms. Featuring visual poetry, performance, video, photography, and more, the exhibition brings historic works into dialogue with a new generation of artists engaging with correspondence and networks today.
Through themes of censorship, migration, feminist resistance, colonial legacies, and ecological thinking, "Transgresoras" restores overlooked artistic lineages and reframes urgent questions in today’s media and political landscape.
Supported by Birkbeck's Centre for Iberian and Latin American Visual Studies (CILAVS).
Photo: Graciela Sacco, Urban Intervention No. 2, from the series “Bocanada,” 1993 © Graciela Sacco Estate