Claudia del Fierro (Santiago, 1974) is a visual artist with a Bachelor of Arts, Master of Visual Arts from the University of Chile, Master of Fine Arts, Critical and Pedagogical Studies, from the Malmö Academy of Art, Lund University. She works in a variety of media, including video, photography, and installation. Her projects use observation, action, and performative practices to point out or reconstruct situations, through personal ethnographies. One of the interests that runs through her work is the relationship between a community and its environment. Del Fierro has obtained grants from Fondart (Chile) Konstnärsnämnden (Sweden) as well as numerous residencies in international spaces. She has participated in the IV Mercosur Biennial, VI Havana Biennial, XIII Media Arts Biennial, Chile as well as exhibitions in Europe and the Americas. Her works are found in the collections of the MAC, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chile; the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage, Chile as well as in private collections in Europe and Latin America.
The selection of four photographs is part of the series Tourist Snapshots, photographs taken between 1997 and 1999 in different locations in Santiago and the surrounding area. They record actions in which the artist is photographed, posing for the camera like a solitary urban tourist. The chosen locations reflect urban landmarks that reflect military culture, colonial history, the appropriation of icons from indigenous peoples, and the copying of European monuments. They reflect a Chile in transition and its historical references. The city as a field to be reinterpreted.
Instantáneas de turista 1 (Bali Hai), 1997
Color print from 120 mm film photography Platine Fibre Rag 310 gsm
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Instantáneas de turista 1 (Moai 1), 1997
Color print from 120 mm film photography Platine Fibre Rag 310 gsm
19in x 19in
Instantáneas de turista 1 (Moai 2), 1997
Color print from 120 mm film photography Platine Fibre Rag 310 gsm
19in x 19in
Instantáneas de turista 1 (Reloj 1), 1997
Color print from 120 mm film photography Platine Fibre Rag 310 gsm
19in x 19in