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Abstract

In this article | analyze Tzompantli a performance by the artist Deborah Castillo (Caracas, 1971) showed at the Modern Art Museum in Mexico City in April 2024. The aim is to examine the creation process and the communicative actions proposed by the artist as a way to generate an anticolonial narrative of some historical characters still honored today by the hegemonic narratives about the colonization of the Americas. The methodological and theoretical framework articulates tools from the knowledge of Western popular magic, Afro-descendant and indigenous worldviews, Speculative fabulation and Performance studies.

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Este artículo presenta un análisis de la performance Tzompantli de la artista Deborah Castillo (Caracas, 1971) realizada en el Museo de Arte Moderno de la Ciudad de México en abril de 2024. El objetivo consiste en examinar su proceso de creación y las acciones comunicativas planteadas por la artista como un modo de generar una narrativa anticolonial de algunos personajes históricos homenajeados todavía hoy en los relatos hegemónicos sobre la colonización de las Américas. El marco teórico metodológico articula herramientas de los saberes de la magia popular, las cosmovisiones afrodescendientes e indígenas, la fabulación especulativa y los estudios de performance.

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Title
Tzompantli de Deborah Castillo. Sobre prácticas mágicas, creaciones estético políticas y estrategias de comunicación en el arte
Alternate title
TZOMPANTLI BY DEBORAH CASTILLO: ON MAGICAL PRACTICES, AESTHETIC-POLITICAL CREATIONS, AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES IN ART
Publication title
Volume
33
Pages
63-79
Number of pages
18
Publication year
2025
Publication date
Jul 2025
Publisher
Servicio de Publicaciones, Universidad de Murcia
Place of publication
Murcia
Country of publication
Spain
Publication subject
ISSN
1889979X
e-ISSN
19898452
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
Document type
Journal Article
ProQuest document ID
3244548071
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/tzompantli-de-deborah-castillo-sobre-prácticas/docview/3244548071/se-2?accountid=208611
Copyright
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Last updated
2025-08-29
Database
ProQuest One Academic