Aliza Yanes’ artistic practice combines literary research, creative writing, mediation, political activism and performance. She studied literature in Lima and completed a master’s degree in interdisciplinary Latin American studies. As an author, she has published the books La serpiente del arcoíris (2012), Yurupary (2012), the co-editions Seres Fantásticos del Perú (2014) and Seres Fantásticos de la Amazonía (2018), as well as the book objects Cosmosiones (2014) and Historias Selladas (2016). Using a critical and creative approach, her works largely look at discursive aspects of the historical and cultural relationships between Latin America and Europe. One of her last collective works is the (de)colonial glossary, a video series of documentary animations which explain the role of words during colonisation up until the present. She currently lives in Berlin, works with Art in Context at the Universität der Künste (UdK Berlin) and is part of the collectives Radio Matraca and Corriente Sur.