PRESS  23 January, 2020

Document Journal

Chula the clown’s hysterical path to self-discovery

Though the act of clowning is said to date back hundreds of years, it is a practice that is still very much alive and thriving today. And Chula, a clown and performance artist based in Mexico City, is one of those pushing the medium forward. Using original costumes constructed by her sister, and expressive yet simplistic makeup, Chula draws on the female experience for her performances, which are mostly silent.

“I actually do very little and I don’t speak, so mostly the makeup enhances my expressions and narrates my emotions too,” Chula tells Document. “The eyebrows were drawn as an extension of my own eye movement and I thought that was already more than enough to start playing with my face. It is not a mask I hide behind, it brings out things that are evident in me, and maybe it’s less scary this way than the stereotypical clown figure. Between the lines there are layers and layers of poetry in clowning.”

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https://www.documentjournal.com/2019/09/chula-the-clowns-hysterical-path-to-self-discovery/