Date of Award
Spring 5-2-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art & Art History
First Advisor
Harper Montgomery
Second Advisor
Lynda Klich
Academic Program Adviser
Lynda Klich
Abstract
This thesis provides a comprehensive history of the queer activist-art collective Las Yeguas del Apocalipsis (1987-1997) and their performance-based resistance to the Chilean dictatorship (1973-1990), cultural homophobia, and the HIV/AIDS crisis. Through art actions blending ritual, protest, and queer poetics, the collective redefined public space and national identity, envisioning a utopian queer apocalypse rooted in memory.
Recommended Citation
Poblete, Nicolas, "Apocalypse as Utopia: The Exorcisms and Memorials of Las Yeguas del Apocalipsis and Queer Liberation in Chile, 1987-1997" (2025). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/1319
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