Ángel Reparador (The Healing Angel) was shot in Buenos Aires, where the artist Sergio De Loof films Bobe in different places along the route that goes from the house of his parents, in the south of the suburbs, to the city center. The piece thus reflected the practice of “yire”, common among the community gay and dissident in a city that, at that time, did not offer spaces anywhere possible to freely express homosexual love. The Healing Angel is a work that gives account of a sweet, affectionate love, one that always looks towards the other beloved with desiring and avid gaze on the city itself.
Ángel Reparador
Germán Bobe
1988 00:05:09 ChileGermanColorStereo16:9VideoDescription
About Germán Bobe
Germán Bobe is a Chilean-born artist, working in mixed media — video, film, photography, performance, painting, collage and digital. Beginning in 2019 his artistic expression has focused on electronic, sound, and image technology in emerging media.
He spotlights ideas behind fundamental human experiences such as the human body, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, religion, politics, and Western colonialism.
Bobe studied and resided in Libya, Italy, the Netherlands, the United States, and Argentina; countries that deeply influenced his scientific and artistic career. He currently lives and works in Santiago, Chile.