My main goal as an artist is to generate discussions about gender and sexuality; to encourage people to question their “choices” and the society we live in when they come into contact with my work. Hopefully these questions will bring up reflections on other possibilities of behavior, gender performance and relationship models, in addition to those imposed by the capitalist, patriarchal, sexist, misogynist, transphobic, homophobic, racist and, unfortunately still, subjectively colonized society we live in. In my ongoing project “When the Body no Longer Feels Patriarchy Won”, I’m photographing Brazilian cis and trans women, transvestites, trans men and non-binary people who somehow break with capitalism and/or patriarchy regarding to gender identity and/or sexuality, their surroundings, landscapes and belongings. I was over 40 when I questioned my gender identity for the first time and that only happened because I've had the privilege of hanging out with people who discuss this often, today I identify as a cisgender queer woman, this is the best term I've found so far but it can change. According to Brazilian psychoanalyst, writer and professor Suely Rolnik, some people do not even understand our intentions, what we say or how we live our lives because their subjectivities are in “colonial-capitalistic captivity”. In her book “Spheres of Insurrection: Notes for a Non-Pimped Life”, she says that what micro politically characterizes this regime is “the pimping of life as a force of creation, transmutation and variation”, that is, vital force. I believe investing in micropolitics and stimulating discussions is the best way to start getting out of this hole we’re in, and here I’m not referring only to Latin America. I also believe in the transforming power of our subjectivities outside captivity; aware of our freedom as subjects and of new possibilities, we’ll be able to break with the existing model of society and build a more dignified one.