MATADORA is a work in progress exploring the third act of the corrida. The research delves into the arena of bullfighting and its camp aesthetics, exploring the visceral themes of transition, rage, and the complex codes of masculinity and violence.
It is an exploration of power, identity, desire, and the spectacle that sheds light on the space between dominance and submission, life and death.
In close collaboration with Susanne Sachsse, Nile Koetting and Rahel Spöhrer, Belle Santos takes a closer look at her own Spanish identity, her grandparents' love of watching the toreros on TV, and her families' history of bull farming in Andalucía.
The work was shown at the POGO Bar at KW Institut of Contemporary Art in Berlin on invitation by Lara Scherrible.
