As a queer Latin-American person whose childhood was shaped by migration, Jô exists at an intersection of cultures, gender expressions, languages and geographies. Their artistic, curatorial and research practices are a means of exploring the multiple themes and histories that they feel proximity. As a maker, they find themselves oscilating between pragmatic inquiry and esoteric fabulation.
Currently, they are interested in visual cultures and symbolic anthropology. Their autonomous research-based practice has been revolving around the study of systems of representation, focusing on their relation to societal structures and their impact on lived experiences. Jô’s aim is to explore how shifting socio-economic contexts and political ideologies continuously shape and are shaped by canon archetypes and symbols.
Jô works with various analogue media (clay, fabric, print...), moving image, performance and text to scrutinize, reconfigure or mystify building blocks for shared imagination such as archives and historical-social narratives.
