Las Heridas se Parchan con Dólares or: “The wounds are patched up with dollars” is a performative presentation in the format of an imaginary television show. Here, together with the artist Moira Meine Fuentes with our duo die Primas, attempt to explore the kuir (Latin American queer) performance, music and poetry scene in Chile from the dictatorship to the present day and examine the influence of neoliberal capitalism on queer forms of expression.

How do globalization, exile and capitalism shape contemporary queer culture? We see queerness as a subcultural, non-exclusionary movement, an everyday act of survival.” The Chilean uprising of 2019 with the slogan “Todo gratis, todo gay” (everything free, everything gay) brought queer visibility to the political stage and social struggles. The central questions are: How do kuir identities interact with the cultural influence of the USA (“Yankeeization”)? How do class dynamics influence travestismo (cross-dressing) and mariconeo (reappropriated extravagance)? What role does language play in resistance?”

This performance took place for first time in February 2025 in the context of the residencies “Re Capitulating. queer” at Thealit Arbeitszimmer.