"I walk with the body of a 'woman', but my body goes
through masculine and feminine stages of 'being'
lesbian, gay, trans, and mestiza, among others.”
– Leticia Rojas

2009

BODIES/BORDERS: THE JOURNEY
(Documentary produced and directed in Ecuador by Maria Amelia Viteri and the Desbordes de Géner@ Collective)

SINOPSIS
Are you masculine, masculine and/or feminine, or feminine? Who decides? Following the many paths our bodies can go down, this documentary looks at the journey of a group of students, activists, academics, and artists who come together for political and playful performances that breakdown stereotypes and traditional notions of what it means to be a man or a woman in order to expand on the meanings and understandings of gender. "Bodies/Borders: The Journey" questions the borders of the masculine/feminine binary and seeks to re-draw the human geography of cities that naturally divides up spaces for different groups, in order to make all public spaces more inclusive and diverse. This documentary is an invitation to cross the borders of the body and to go beyond thinking of yourself and others as being only a "man" or only a "woman."





PUBLICATIONS

Viteri, María Amelia, 2009. Translating "Queer" in Ecuador: Negotiations surrounding Gender and Sexuality, (In print). Winner of the "Elsa Chaney" award, third mention, presented in Brazil by the Gender and Feminist Studies section of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA)

Viteri, María Amelia, 2010. Action-Art: Re-thinking Gender and Sexuality, in Art and Memory, Encuentros de la Razón Incierta, Volume 2, Organization of American States, Cinememoria, French Alliance, University of San Fransisco de Quito, Ecuador.

Fierro, Samuel, 2010. Las expansiones subversivas de lo Trans-feminista en Ecuador: Un recorrido por el Proyecto Trans-género/CasaTrans y las auto-representaciones de sus activistas en Ecuador. Debate No. 78, “Cuerpos y Sexualidades”, co-coordinado por María Amelia Viteri. Centro de Acción Popular (CAAP)



SUPPORTERS

Colectivo de Arte La Bicicleta, Proyecto Mediamatic.

Toxic Lesbian, Madrid, España Toxic Lesbian is a group of anonymous lesbians that produce audiovisual creations that center on homosexuality.