CHRIS LUZA
visual arts & literature in motion
Chris Luza is a visual artist and cultural mediator based in Peru. In their work, they investigate how the entanglement of fantastic horror and terror narratives with “historical truths” has bound our senses of well-being to colonial hierarchies. From this standpoint, Chris’s practice seeks to sabotage those patriarchal and Eurocentric epistemologies while simultaneously empowering inherited emancipatory knowledge that survives the colonial order. Through relational methodologies, they conceive their practice as collaboratory-loving interventions that aim to heal the wounds that racism and patriarchy have inscribed within us and our ancestors through narratives of progress, reason, and dominance. Their work spans various visual media — such as video installations, performances, and drawings — as well as experimental gatherings including festivals, exhibitions, and collective reading expiriences.
CHRIS LUZA - LIMA - PERÚ. - 2023