July 8, 2017
Untitled (Rape Scene) (1973/2014/2017)
July 8, 2017
Performance: 39 minutes
Video: 39 minutes; Color, Silent
Post-performance installation: Mixed media; Dimensions variable
"Herd," curated by Martabel Wsserman
Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
January 10, 2014
Performance: 47 minutes
Video: 47 minutes; Color, Silent
Post-performance installation: Mixed media; Dimensions variable
Pendergrast Gallery, UCSD
For this performance and installation, I reperformed Ana Mendieta's Untitled (Rape Scene) (1973), wherein the the audience found the artist, motionless, tied to her dining table, and surrounded by blood and signs of a struggle, in her apartment. I recreated the scene in my studio.
Video was taken by a camera on my bookshelf during the performance that was subsequently projected in the installation. My body is only partially recorded in the video, extracting what is no longer there and focusing on the witnesses. The audience's gaze is mirrored back to itself.
January 10, 2014
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