FOES/DOES, 2020
Exhibited in Coordenada, Q Galería, Quito, Ecuador

FOES/DOES

This project explores transforming oneself into one's shadow self—the transmutation of what has been evaded within our rational psyche, and the recovery of its power and tools.

Each portrait/photograph emerged from a guided meditation designed to work with the shadow, structured by Ramiro Villacreces and psychologist Andrea Fernández.

The act of transvestism generates tensions across different layers of cohesion — social, physical, and psychic. These performative gestures confront us with our fears, becoming exercises in both individual and collective self-knowledge. Photography captures this moment of transformation. The portraits are accompanied by creations made by the participants themselves, expanding the dialogue between image, body, and symbol.

Collaborators and participants: Ramiro Villacreces, Andrea Fernández, Paula García, André Rangel, Sebastián Paredes, José Mora, Álvaro Chiriboga, and David Cevallos. (All of whom meditated, posed, and created what their shadow represented. All the portraits were created by Yazmeen P. Loaiza.)