Non-sexual conjugal society (performance Homogeneous Heterosexual Conjugal Society), 2003
Emilio Santisteban
Interdisciplinary performance artist
Homogeneous Heterosexual Marital Society (2003) , interdisciplinary performance between the public, the graphic artist Alexis García, the interdisciplinary artist Emilio Santisteban, and the lawyer Máximo Gallo.
This performance, part of the Non-Sexual Marital Society project , proposes the hypothesis of a marital society to be established by two heterosexual people of the same sex and the same gender identity.
Non-Sexual Marital Society maintains the need for supranational legal regulations to oblige States to remove from their legislation any observances relating to the sexual life of individuals for the granting or limitation of rights.
The critical and radical example proposed is the absolute withdrawal of legal criteria of a sexual nature to grant or deny the right to establish a conjugal partnership .
Photos © Gisella Ramírez.
Video © Romina Cruz.
The work differs from proposals regarding legal authorization of sexually alternative marital partnerships, as it does not propose the admission of same-sex marriage, but rather the omission of judgment on sexuality in the legal establishment of the right to establish a marital partnership.
Existing models of conjugal society assume the public recognition of a converging sexual orientation (between heterosexuals of different sexes, between homosexuals of the same sex); this ultimately entails an unacceptable accountability of individuals' private spheres to the public sphere.
The proposal appears contradictory, both from the perspective of the world's cultural traditions and from the perspective of proposals for the vindication and recognition of minorities. However, it aims to radicalize the separation between the private sphere of individuals and the regulations governing the acquisition of rights in the public sphere.
