The video performance Las Hermosas Invisibles proposes a post-mortem connection between Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau and her/their recently deceased trans sister, Aérea Negrot. For many years, Aérea had been collaborating with Simon(e)’s artistic works with versatile sound creations. In Las Hermosas Invisibles, Simon(e) gathers and assembles all of these sounds present in previous collaborations, and responds to them in a new video-performance piece shot in the territory of the tum xula7xw of the sn̓ʕay̓ckstx people. The performance invokes Aérea’s spirit, memories, and the impact she had on Simon(e)’s life and work. Aérea’s artistic and emotional legacy continues to exist and communicate with Simon(e) through sound, music, and memory.

Selection of Festivals, Exhibitions & Awards

Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin 2024, International premiere
Berlinische Galerie – Museum of Modern Art, Photography and Architecture 2024, National premiere in Germany
Oxygen Art Centre 2024, as part of an artist residency and the subsequent exhibition titled ‘The Hungry Mist (A Névoa Faminta),’ curated by Rodrigo D’Alcântara

Credits

In loving memory of Aérea Negrot 

With sound fragments by: AÉREA NEGROT | From the following films (in order of appearance): Mojana by NADIA GRANADOS & SIMON(E) JAIKIRIUMA PAETAU | Aribada by SIMON(E) JAIKIRIUMA PAETAU & NATALIA ESCOBAR | The Whisper of the Jaguar by THAIS GUISASOLA & SIMON(E) JAIKIRIUMA PAETAU | Directed and Produced by: SIMON(E) JAIKIRIUMA PAETAU | Camera and Editing: SIMON(E) JAIKIRIUMA PAETAU | Performed by: SIMON(E) JAIKIRIUMA PAETAU | Dramaturgy: RODRIGO D’ALCÁNTARA, LAURA PAETAU | Executive producers: LAURA PAETAU, SIMON(E) JAIKIRIUMA PAETAU | Title design: JULIANA GUTIÉRREZ | Conceptual advice & Distribution: LUCÍA GONZÁLEZ GARCÍA | Color correction: MARTIN BACKHAUS | Headpiece: SADAK

This film was created with gratitude in the territory of the tum xula7xw of the sn̓ʕay̓ckstx people, in the framework of the exhibition “THE HUNGRY MIST” at OXYGEN ART CENTRE, Nelson B.C., Canada.

Thanks to: BENTO LAITE, CAROLINA G’ALO, CECILIA VILCO, CHRISTIAN KÜLLMEI, DANIEL LAMMATZSCH, DYÓ POLYGUARO, ELIZABETH PIRELA, JULIA PRUDHOMME, LAURA PAETAU, MARCUS DENOMMÉ, OLGA ROBAYO. RODRIGO D’ALCÁNTARA