Guatemala, 1999
Performance
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Performance during the last weekend of the installation “Título de propiedad” by Jessica Lagunas.
The installation consisted of a handcuffs that were engraved Ella de El (She of He), referring to the marriage tradition in many Latin American countries of taking the husband’s name with the preposition of, thus becoming property of men. Also, in Spanish the word handcuffs (esposas) it’s the same as the plural for female spouse (esposas).
As part of the installation a security guard was hired to watch over the handcuffs. On the last weekend of exhibition, I did a performance replacing the guard.
For more information on this project click here.
Galería Belia de Vico / Arte contemporáneo, Guatemala
November 4-14, 1999
Toledo, Aida. “En el performance y la instalación. Espacios imaginarios de artistas guatemaltecas” (On Performance and Installation: Imaginary Spaces of Guatemalan Women Artists), Revista Isis Internacional (Chile), 2002