Martine Gutierrez, Martine.TV Part I-IX, 2012-2016. Photo: Martine Gutierrez; Courtesy of the artist and RYAN LEE, New York
Martine Gutierrez — Martine Part I - IX (2012-2016)
A negotiation of the permanent and the fleeting, a journey to self-discovery.
"Who we are has limitless potential for reinvention and reinterpretation." – Martine Gutierrez
➤ Cinema ZED STUK
➤ We 8 Oct 19:00 → 23:00 (ongoing)
➤ Duration of the film: +/- 50 min. / starts at 19:00, 20:00, 21:00, 22:00
➤ Open doors, walk-in & out, no drinks allowed.
Part of the TakeOff UUR KULTUUR 2025.
Martine Gutierrez's nine-part film Martine Part I–IX (2012–2016) dismantles gender identity through a semi-autobiographical story of her personal transformation. The episodic video work follows the eponymous character from Providence to New York via Central America and the Caribbean, communing with urban architecture and natural elements such as earth, water and air. Martine.TV originated as an ongoing video journal, originally streamed on the artists first website www.martine.tv. This self-portrait was made simultaneously, both in front and behind the camera in a practice of internet behavior now known as the 'influencer'. Set to original music also made by Martine, the videos document a series of public activations that utilize art and architecture as the stage to perform and confront the individual’s quest to belong.
Martine Gutierrez Portrait. Courtesy of the artist
Martine Gutierrez (°1989, Berkeley, CA) is a transdisciplinary artist utilizing video and photography to subvert various performances of pop-cultural tropes in the exploration of identity. From billboards to episodic films, music videos and magazines — Gutierrez works with productions that act as conduits to disassemble the messaging of advertising. Hybridizing the industry’s objectification of identity with the individual's pursuit of self, she satirically undermines the aesthetics of what we view and consume every day. While Martine manufactures ‘celebrity’ to pass as a product or a corporation, she alone executes every role—simultaneously acting as subject, artist, and muse. Challenging the construction of binaries through the blurring of their borders, Martine has long since championed the understanding that gender, like all facets of identity, is entangled. These complicated intersections are innate to Martine's own cross-cultural upbringing as a first generation American of indigenous descent and as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. Martine Gutierrez’s work is part of numerous public collections and has been presented worldwide. Most recently, in 2025, she was announced as a Guggenheim Fellow. Gutierrez lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and is represented by Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco and RYAN LEE, New York.
