New York, 2007
Installation of jewelry box with 572 bullet shells
Dimensions variable
Due to the recent escalation of violence and murder of women in Guatemala, this project is to honor all the women who have been murdered there in recent years. The installation consists of a wooden jewelry box made in Guatemala containing 572 bullet shells, the number of women murdered in Guatemala during 2006.
According to Amnesty International “Over 2,200 women and girls have been brutally murdered in Guatemala since 2001. Up to 665 cases were registered in 2005; 527 in 2004; 383 in 2003 and 163 in 2002. 299 killings of women have been reported between January and May 2006 alone”.
Special Thanks to Cecilia Caldas for the jewelry box from Guatemala.
Feminicidio en Guatemala (Feminicide in Guatemala)
Para que nos recuerdes mejor (To Remember Us Better)
Quiñones Otal, Emilia. “¿Cómo enfrentar la violencia en un territorio que vive de ello?” in the thesis “Transversalidad entre Violencia Patriarcal y Violencia Colonial: en las Artes Visuales de México, América Central y el Caribe Español.” Universitat de Valencia, 2014, pp 377-385
Toledo, Aida and Anabella Acevedo. “Through their Eyes: Reflections on Violence in the Work of Guatemalan Performance and Installation Artists.” N.Paradoxa, International Feminist Art Journal (London, UK). Volume 21 (January 2008): 56-66
Tracing Memories,
Taller Boricua, New York, NY
May 28–July 10, 2010
Extended until mid-August 2010
Curated by Marcos Dimas and Christine Licata
In Memoriam
Installation of jewelry box with 572 bullet shells
Dimensions variable
120 Minutos de Silencio (120 Minutes of Silence)
Video-performance
120 minutes
Ái Spik Ínglish
Rubber stamp prints on paper, 7 in total
8 x 6 | 20 x 15 cms each
Drawing of Man / Drawing of Woman (Scrolls)
Installation. Perfume on rice paper scrolls
Triptych: 22 feet approx. x 15” each