Queer/Cuir: Gender, identity and the arts in the Americas
El Alto vol.1, year 1.
Welcome to the first issue of El Alto, the British Council’s new magazine about arts in the Americas: a biannual publication about the best and most innovative cultural practices from this region.
This first issue is a partnership with Outburst Festival and focuses on issues of gender, identity and the arts. It builds on the last four years of collaboration with Outburst Queer Arts Festival, identifying and supporting producers, activists, artists, curators and projects around queer art in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, the US and Venezuela. The publication showcasing some of the people we’ve been working with, as well as some leading academic and artistic voices in this growing space.
Edited by Natalia Mallo, Pablo Rosselló and Ruth McCarthy, and presented in Spanish and English, the magazine features a series of artist profiles and projects from 13 countries, as well