Regina Jose Galindo (Guatemala, 1974) since her initial performances – To see [Hasta ver] and Who can erase the trace? [¿Quién puede borrar las huellas?], in 2002 and 2003, respectively– has dedicated her performance to make visible the crimes perpetrated during internal war in her country and in other countries, as in Peru. The thirty four years of war in Guatemala affected primarily indigenous population (83.3% of the total victims), in what was called a genocide. The twenty years of war in Peru also affected mainly indigenous population (85% of the total victims). Peru and Guatemala were two of the only three truth commission in the world to include specific information about crimes against women. I will analyze the pieces that focus on the sexual violence against indigenous women –Mientras, ellos siguen libres [Meanwhile, they are still free] (2007), La verdad [The Truth] (2013)–, that were inspired by the testimonies that thousand of people gave to the truth commission in Guatemala (Comisión para el Esclarecimiento Histórico - CEH). And her early work To see about Peruvian internal war. I will analyze the relation between testimonies, visual arts and memories, how Galindo as a female artist use her own body to approach to the suffering and the memories of the past, and what are her strategies to represent violence and avoiding its perpetuation.
