Wynnie Mynerva explores love as political survival in Berlin Gallery Weekend exhibition
During Berlin Gallery Weekend, Wynnie Mynerva showcases 'Volveré y seré millones' at Société, focusing on love as a form of collective care. The exhibition integrates Andean principles such as Ayni, highlighting the importance of community involvement. A key video, 'El amor en tiempos de colonialismo' (2026), delves into the experiences of migrant bodies and the role of strategic marriages in colonial settings. Mynerva critiques the notion of romantic love as a capitalist idea, juxtaposing it with indigenous Abya Yala views prior to 1492. The display features a mud wall painting depicting the Inkarri myth. Reflecting on her migration from South America to Berlin eight months ago, Mynerva questions the white bourgeois roots of European feminism and connects contemporary violence in Palestine to colonial legacies, discussing how strategic marriages influence legality and survival. The title alludes to Túpac Katari's anti-colonial proclamation.
Key facts
- Wynnie Mynerva's exhibition 'Volveré y seré millones' opens at Société during Berlin Gallery Weekend
- The exhibition features video work 'El amor en tiempos de colonialismo' (2026) about migrant bodies and strategic marriages
- Mynerva draws from Andean cosmovision concepts including Ayni (reciprocal community work)
- A large-scale mud wall painting depicts the Inkarri myth of the dismembered Inka regenerating underground
- The artist migrated from South America to Berlin approximately eight months before the interview
- Mynerva critiques European feminism as built around white bourgeois women while excluding others
- The exhibition title references Túpac Katari's 18th-century anti-colonial statement 'I will return and be millions'
- Mynerva questions romantic love as a capitalist structure and examines love as collective survival practice
Entities
Artists
- Wynnie Mynerva
- Túpac Katari
- Michi de Pichi
- Ana Bálcazar
Institutions
- Société
- Gallery Weekend Berlin
Locations
- Berlin
- Germany
- Spain
- South America
- Palestine
- Abya Yala
- Europe