Leonor Estrada Francke is a Peruvian artist living in Scotland. She likes making work that plays with the boundaries of the real, exploring autofiction by combining documentary and surrealism. Thinking of the artist as witness, much of her pieces are deeply personal and political, but also queerly humorous. Her work is visceral, physical and popular. 

About the residency:

‘ROOM (provisional title) is a psycho-magical documentary about a father, a country and their broken backs. Two events interweave in the landscape of my infancy: the internal armed conflict between 1980 and 2000 in Peru which left an open wound in the country; and the ocean wave that left my father disabled for life. The profile of the mountain ranges of the Andes where the world has been turned upside down, is the same as the profile of a spinal column, each bone like a peak, a tooth. I am responsible for these wounds and they are woven into me. 

This new project furthers an enquiry into the encounters between autofiction, ritual and documentary. This residency will give me an opportunity to experiment using resources that enhance the contradictions between fiction and the real, creating a sense of alienation that encompasses both the social and personal world. ‘

Twitter: @lolaestrada
Instagram: @leonor.estrada.francke
Facebook: @leonor.estrada.f 

Funded through our 2022 Spring Residencies Scheme