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Mending

Performed at A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn as part of the exhibition "Feeling What No Longer Is".

The performance explores the impossibility of repairing the damage that has been done, using as a metaphor the action of sewing four cabbages into one.

“Forty Weeks” is a performance-installation that celebrates the miracle of life and the act of giving birth. It represents the time a mother carries her child during pregnancy and explores various aspects of motherhood including nurturing, the relationship between mother and child, and the intimacy of breast feeding.

The artist uses repetition to present the first stages of life as an accumulation of time and a period of growth.

“Castigo” is a performance-installation in which a space is created that allows for the artist to express her anger and symbolically punish the criminals who, three years ago in Colombia, kidnapped and killed her brother.

The formal ritualistic actions expressed by the artist serve as a catharsis for her as well as create the illusion of justice by an imaginary authority in an attempt to re-establish a sense of order and control missing since the crime took place.

“Homage to a Hero” is a two-day performance Installation that recreates a farewell ritual. On the date of her murdered brother’s birthday, that would have been his 21st, the artist symbolically guides her hero brother to the eternal realm. It is a performance to pay homage to his life, which he sacrificed to save his loved ones.

"Homage to a Hero" is the third performance of three. The second and third performances were conceived after his death yet all are related. This trilogy began with "Beyond The Threshold" which explored the idea of transcendence. It continued with "Healing" which explored the pain and suffering associated with the loss of a loved one and concludes with "Homage to a Hero".

Camera 2: Adam Wallace

“Homage to a Hero” is a two-day performance Installation that recreates a farewell ritual. On the date of her murdered brother’s birthday, that would have been his 21st, the artist symbolically guides her hero brother to the eternal realm. It is a performance to pay homage to his life, which he sacrificed to save his loved ones.

"Homage to a Hero" is the third performance of three. The second and third performances were conceived after his death yet all are related. This trilogy began with "Beyond The Threshold" which explored the idea of transcendence. It continued with "Healing" which explored the pain and suffering associated with the loss of a loved one and concludes with "Homage to a Hero".

“Healing” is a performance-installation which represents a breaking point with life caused by sudden, violent death. Symbolic, ritual actions expressing the pain and chaos this wrenching of life creates are performed as well as those expressing transcendence and healing of the departed soul and the remaining loved ones. This performance commemorates the first anniversary of the death of the artist’s brother who was kidnapped and murdered in Colombia by the FARC terrorist guerrilla.

“Beyond the Threshold” explores the human crisis of separation and transcendence, the experience of moving through and beyond crisis, and the process of discovering and reaching toward a stable center.

For any person affected by horrible circumstances, the act of cleaning can represent hope and a new beginning. In “The Laundry Woman” the artist washes an imaginary soldier’s laundry. This gesture is a protest against violence, as well as an act of reconciliation, apology and a ritual of peace.
Camera: Michelle Burns

“A Mark a Day” is a performance that explores survival strategies used by victims of kidnapping.
Camera: Olga Arango

“Urban Rites” is a performance that deals with ritual as a mechanism to express forbidden actions of violence and the emotion of fear.
Camera 2: Olga Arango

“Kept Spaces” is a performance-installation that explores visited childhood spaces and the impressions made by them that remain in the memory.