Cynthia Bodenhorst
Cynthia Bodenhorst is an ecuadorian scholar and writer, focusing on visual arts, performance theory and critical theory. Her research examines how civil society deploys artistic and performative strategies to challenge dominant regimes of power, memory, citizenship and symbolic representation. Her current work, Mare Nostrum: Art, social forms and aesthetics of sociability at the shores of Europe, investigates mechanisms of globalization and neoliberal colonialism in visual culture and their resistant in commons. Cynthia studied Visual and Critical Studies at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco, then graduated in Theater and Scenic Arts at the University of Vigo in Spain and then recently finished her PhD. She is also a curator and video artist, whose work has been exhibited throughout Latin America, US and Europe.
Email: cbodenhorst@gmail.com