Tatiana Parcero’s Cartographies

Mexican artist Tatiana Parcero’s series entitled “Interior Cartographies” consists of constructed photos (transparency overlays) in which anatomy diagrams and ancient Aztec codices adorn parts of her body - her face (as above), hands, feet, mouth, and pregnant abdomen. Using her body as a subject, she superimposes engravings from 19th century medical books and veiled and coded by her anatomy Intricate maps, charts, medical illustrations, symbols, and diagrams are all mapped onto parts of the human body. Conceptually, her self-portraits blend biographical and mythical retrospection, and relate to the intersections of gender, identity, memory, and territory. In Parcero’s powerful icons, physiology and individual memory are embodied expressions of cultural lineage. LINK