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Jose Luis Benavides

Jose Luis Benavides (Chicago, US, 1986) is a Latinx and queer photographer, moving image maker, and lecturer at Wilbur Wright College, City Colleges of Chicago. Working primarily with a range of personal archives, his work explores issues relating to gender, sexuality, culture, and migration. His experimental documentary film, Lulu en el Jardín, tells the story of his lesbian mother’s coming out in Chicago during the 1970s. His work has screened at Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, US (2020), and other festivals around the world. As an experimental artist, documentarian, and video art programmer he opens conversations, space and time for diverse perspectives from feminist, queer and Latinx perspectives for the virtual archive SinCintaPrevia.com.

Jose Luis Benavides (Chicago, 1986) es un fotógrafo latinx queer, así como creador de imágenes en movimiento y catedrático en Wilbur Wright College, City Colleges of Chicago. Trabajando ante todo con una variedad de su archivo personal, su trabajo explorar asuntos relacionados con el género, la sexualidad, la cultura y la migración. Su documental experimental, Lulu en el Jardín, cuenta la historia de su madre lesbiana saliendo adelante en Chicago durante la década de 1970. Su trabajo ha sido proyectado en el Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, US (2020), y otros festivales alrededor del mundo. Como artista experimental, documentalista y programador de videoarte abre conversaciones, espacio y tiempo para diversas miradas desde perspectivas feministas, queer y latinx para el archivo virtual SinCintaPrevia.com.

 
 

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