In dialogue with eromheen (being around) by Kinke Kooi, Rosebud #19 presents El amor en tiempos de colonialismo (2026) by Wynnie Mynerva.
The video portrays Wynnie and Michi, who enter into a strategic marriage motivated not only by love, but also by political and legal considerations. Wynnie and Michi, Peruvian and Spanish respectively, embody two positions within a colonial history whose effects continue to reverberate in the present. By joining together, they enact a symbolic gesture of reparation. Their marriage thus extends beyond the relationship between two individuals, raising questions about human rights, the right to inhabit a place and to belong.
In their wedding vows, both reflect on the meaning of love. Approaching love from a broader perspective, as an ongoing exchange and a way of existing in relation to the other, Wynnie asks: “What is love if not a relational force? The energy that holds together bodies, territories, ancestors, and cycles of time?” Michi likewise expands the meaning of love, acknowledging friendship alongside romantic love within marriage as an essential form of connection. Michi describes the choice to enter into this marriage as radical tenderness. It is an act of care and devotion, but perhaps also one of determination, even revenge against the colonial project, which has granted rights to only part of the world’s population while excluding the rest. Love thus acquires a political significance in this video: as a force that questions existing power relations and makes other forms of connectedness possible.