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A playful multimedia piece that explores the intersection of graffiti and performance, highlighting how context shapes meaning in public art. It centers on the visual language and aesthetics of +popA, a nonbinary graffiti artist and the central figure in a film that reimagines graffiti as an inclusive space for queer identities.
Biography
Marie Jiménez is an non-binary, neurodivergent interdisciplinary artist and founder of the production company Cuaba. They received an AAS in Fine Art from Chavón in the Dominican Republic and a BFA from Parsons - The New School in New York. While living in NYC and starting as a professor, they produced multiple video performance pieces which have been shown in museums and other institutions across the world. In 2015 they started production on their first feature film, while working at Altos de Chavon lecturing in video art and mentoring thesis students. Marie also has a Masters in Documentary Filmmaking from ECIB in Barcelona; a Masters in Script Writing at ESTC in Lisbon and a sound recordist qualification from EICTV in Cuba. They are interested in developing characters that reflect on identity as fluid; engaging in dialogues where the intimate is form and resource for the political.
I focus on the evocative values of the objects as artefacts of cultural material and images as symbols. From found objects and digital archives, I make sculptural pieces, videos and sound collages. I also dedicate my time to collaborative practices, getting involved in informal groups that enable moments of creative and politicised sharing within the community.