Laura Ibáñez Kuzmanic

Laura Ibáñez Kuzmanic is an artist, cultural manager, and Aesthetic theorist from Chile. Their artworks are experimental, embracing multidisciplinarity. They work with different media, from 3D animation to painting and engraving. They consider themself someone who likes to investigate and work on different sociological ideas, philosophical studies, political and artistic media in different cultures and territories. In that sense, their work always starts from research, seeking to understand the juxtaposition of topics such as the canon, heritage, untold stories, feminism and the culture of different places. Laura has a feminist collective called “La casa de las recogidas” with other 3 chilean artist. They work with the symbolic structure of being a woman in Chile and cultural activism. 

What drew you to the M.A. in Arts Politics:

My interest in being part of this program lies in how the M.A. manages to bring together issues that captivate me as an artist, a critic, and cultural manager. I believe that studying the M.A. in Arts Politics will aid in nurturing my (world) experiences and visions, helping me explore the array of ways in which to entangle my work with and in different communities. I am also particularly interested in courses on Cultural Activism, methods, and criticism, as well in courses on Queer theory and feminism, which have both inspired and shaped my artistic career and my performance as a political activist.