Piedra @ Regina José Galindo. 2013. São Paulo
- GALINDO Regina José, Piedra, 2013, São Paulo.
Performance. Hemispheric Institute Encuentro, 2013. Photo. Marlène Ramirez-Cancio.
The history of humanity has remained inscribed on the bodies of Latin American women. On their bodies – conquered, marked, enslaved, objectified, exploited, and tortured – one can read the terrible stories of power and struggle that shape our past. Bodies are fragile only in their appearance. It is the female body that has survived conquest and slavery. Like a stone, it has stored the hatred and rancor of memory in order to transform it into energy and life.
Regina José Galindo is a performance artist who specializes in body art.
http://hemisphericinstitute.org/hemi/en/enc13-performances/item/2015-enc13-rjgalindo-piedra
‘‘Piedra
Soy una piedra
no siento los golpes
la humiliación
las miradas lascivas
los cuerpos sobre el mio
el odio.
Soy una piedra
en mi
la historia del mundo.
Mi cuerpo permanece inmóvil, cubierto de carbón, como piedra. Dos voluntarios y alguien del público orina sobre el cuerpo piedra.
(video: Victor Bautista, Henry Castillo. Fotos: Julio Pantoja, Marlene Ramirez-Cancio)- GALINDO Regina José, Piedra, 2013, São Pau
Performance. Hemispheric Institute Encuentro, 2013. Photo. Marlène Ramirez-Cancio.
The history of humanity has remained inscribed on the bodies of Latin American women. On their bodies – conquered, marked, enslaved, objectified, exploited, and tortured – one can read the terrible stories of power and struggle that shape our past. Bodies are fragile only in their appearance. It is the female body that has survived conquest and slavery. Like a stone, it has stored the hatred and rancor of memory in order to transform it into energy and life.
Regina José Galindo is a performance artist who specializes in body art.
http://hemisphericinstitute.org/hemi/en/enc13-performances/item/2015-enc13-rjgalindo-piedra
‘‘Piedra
Soy una piedra
no siento los golpes
la humiliación
las miradas lascivas
los cuerpos sobre el mio
el odio.
Soy una piedra
en mi
la historia del mundo.
Mi cuerpo permanece inmóvil, cubierto de carbón, como piedra. Dos voluntarios y alguien del público orina sobre el cuerpo piedra.
(video: Victor Bautista, Henry Castillo. Fotos: Julio Pantoja, Marlene Ramirez-Cancio)
