LGBTI Resistances
Bogotá D.C., Colombia
Esteman - Villano Antillano
Released in March 2024, this song was performed by Esteman along with Villano Antillano, who was the first transgender and non-binary artist to enter Spotify's Top 50: Global.
Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUYTbpFiJlY&ab_channel=RosaDistrito and https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villano_Antillano
Nadia Granados
She is currently one of the most prominent artists within the Latin American activist performance scene. Her artistic practice questions the manipulation strategies that exist behind the different systems of representation that circulate through the mass media, making a direct criticism of these structures of symbolic power through music, performances and audiovisual resources.
Winner of the XI Luis Caballero award in 2022, the most important visual arts award in Colombia. 2020. Ken Burns Award for Best of the Festival, at the Ann Arbor Film festival. 2019. Experimental Short Award at the Athens International Film and Video Festival. Athens-Ohio, USA.
Source: https://nadiagranados.com/inicio/statement-bio/
Radamel
A band that blends noise and the lost songs of city streets and sewers. Its sound is infused with the tropics and romance distorted by rage and frustration. They combine metal, punk, 1970s and 1980s romantic ballads, merengue, alcohol, drugs and television.
Source: http://www.festivalcentro.gov.co/artista/radamel
Río Cerón (Colombia)
Queer artist from Bogota. He describes his music as ‘anachronic pop’ because of his relationship with pop and the independent scene. Video: “Convénceme” (Convince me)
Río Cerón (Colombia)
Queer artist from Bogota. He describes his music as ‘anachronic pop’ because of his relationship with pop and the independent scene. Video: “Vacío” (Emptiness)