“Título de propiedad”
“Ownership Title”

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.

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