Menos Pausa

"Menos Pausa" is an essay composed of images where I seek to recognize myself, physically and metaphorically, after 5 years living with menopause.

"Menos Pausa" is an essay composed of images where I seek to recognize myself, physically and metaphorically, after 5 years living with menopause. In this process of natural transformation, with physical and psychological ups and downs, the notion of disappearance, both personal and social, has been striking. On the one hand, it is as if what I understood as “identity” was falling apart: I became unaware of certain aspects of my body and my behavior; on the other hand, that same body now seems invisible to the eyes of others.

Menopause unfortunately still carries many taboos resulting from a patriarchal perspective on the female body. Combined with ageism, marginalizes mature women in a society that values ​​the consumerist euphoria of eternal youth, making menopause an avoided subject. I propose to break the public silence about this topic, using my voice - which also represents so many other women - to make it visible, and propose a new approach to the theme. I point out, subtly and poetically, the invisibility that society imposes on us daily, the feelings of uncertainty and loss that manifest themselves intimately, the new textures of our bodies, and a sensuality that yes, exists.

The essay is primarily composed of photographic images that share a subjective point of view, and is accompanied by videos, watercolors, engravings and objects. As a technological counterpoint, one of the videos presents AI's “vision” on menopause, reinforcing how distorted and exaggerated the “collective imagination” on the topic is.