Aliza Yanes

Aliza Yanes is from Lima and has lived in Berlin for ten years. She studied literature at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Peru and earned two master’s degrees: Interdisciplinary Latin American Studies (FU Berlin) and Art in Context (UdK Berlin). In her artistic practice, she combines writing, art education, video, and performance. She develops participatory art projects for schools and youth groups that address social and political themes connecting the past with the present. Her strength lies in making academic topics in literature and colonial history accessible to the general public. She focuses on researching 16th-century discourses and narratives surrounding the mythical creatures of the so-called “New World.”