Abigail Reyes
Si Señor
2016
Si Señor, 2016 (Still)
The video work Si Señor by Abigail Reyes is about the typical representation of women in Latin American office culture. Collaging together a chorus of subservient snapshots of women responding to an off-screen man with “si señor”, the accumulative effect of these spliced together scenes weighs heavy as the film plays on both humour and collective discomfort. In order to complete the work the artist watched hours upon hours of telenovelas, the impact of which on the collective consciousness is explored through her film.
Abigail Reyes's work is deeply ingrained in the feminist discourse of Latin America. Trained as a graphic designer, she works primarily with video and installation. Reyes also produces poetry, which equally informs her visual practice, pasting the city walls with her ‘popular poetry’ transcribing overheard soundbites which reveal the omnipresence of gender bias or sexism, or interrogating the relationship between inscription and action with works such as To Leave/To Arrive (2015).