Lotty Rosenfeld

Known for

Directing

Born

June 20, 1943

Birthplace

Santiago, Chile

Died

July 24, 2020 (aged 77)

Biography

Lotty Rosenfeld was a Chilean visual artist recognized for her career in the vanguard scene, which emerged in Chile after the military coup of 1973; her works have been characterized by calls for resistance and questioning of political authority. She was one of the founding members of the Colectivo Acciones de Arte (CADA), an interdisciplinary group that managed various interventions during the Chilean dictatorship.

She was born in Santiago and after graduating from the School of Applied Arts at the Universidad de Chile, Rosenfeld began to explore video art, intervention, performance and video installation among others.

In 1979 she founded CADA with visual artist Juan Castillo, poet Raúl Z...