“Por siempre joven”
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“Mantón de plumas”
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“Featherworks”
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“Ribbons Weaving”
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“Forever Young”
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“Pin Loom Series”
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“Hair Weaving”
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“Hair Weaving”
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“Feminicidio en Guatemala”
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“Wave Hill's Books of Leaves Lace”
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“Wave Hill's Books of Leaves”
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“Pressure Prints”
Descripción

“ARTchivo”
Descripción

“Deshilando el miedo”
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“Historias íntimas”
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“Souvenirs from Governors Island”
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“Souvenirs from Governors Island”
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“Bittersweet”
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“Hoy he roto tus cartas”
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“Drawing of Man/Drawing of Woman”
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“Historias íntimas”
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Recuerdo de nuestra boda (Memories of Our Wedding)

“Recuerdo de nuestra boda”
Descripción

120 Minutos de silencio (120 Minutes of Silence)

“120 Minutos de silencio”
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“Días especiales”
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“Preoccupation (Gray Hair)”
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“Dibujo de hombre/Dibujo de mujer”
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“Untitled (Rinse)”
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“In Memoriam”
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Serie “A flor de piel”
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Serie “Flores silvestres”
“Wildflowers” Series

“Abuela, madre, hija”
“Grandmother, Mother, Daughter”

“Retorno a la pubertad”
“Return to Puberty”

“Para verte mejor”
“The Better to See You With”

“Ái Spik Ínglish”
Descripción

“Para que nos recuerdes mejor”
“To Remember Us Better”

“Valentía y coraje”
“Courage and Bravery”

“Para besarte mejor”
“The Better to Kiss You With”

“Para acariciarte mejor”
“The Better to Caress You With”

“Bésame mucho”
“Kiss Me Plenty”

“Reddest Red”

“Escudos”
“Shields”

Serie “Instalación en museos de arte”
“Installation at Art Museums” Series

“Encierro rosa”
“Romance Imprisonment”

“Título de propiedad”
“Ownership Title”

“La sombra”
“The Shadow”

Retorno a la pubertad
Production stills: Roni Mocán

Retorno a la pubertad
Return to Puberty

New York, 2005

Single-channel digital video
58 minutes
Color, Silent

Photographs

Video close-up of my pubis in a static single shot, in which I depilate most of my pubic hair with a pair of tweezers continuously for one hour.

In the name of beauty most women will put on makeup, do their hair, nails, depilate, diet, fix their noses and breasts. Although few women will reach society’s beauty ideals, they will sculpt their bodies as needed. In this video I play along with women’s beauty rituals, performing them in exaggerated ways to reflect the pressures imposed by today’s society. The camera focuses on the part of the body where the action takes place: With repetitive gestures I depilate my pubis continuously for one hour, questioning the pressure to have a pre-pubescent appearance.

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Para verte mejor (The Better to See You With)

Para besarte mejor (The Better to Kiss You With)

Para acariciarte mejor (The Better to Caress You With)

Retorno a la pubertad

Courtesy of Centro Cultural de España en El Salvador

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Corpososberanía, recuperar lo que siempre fue nuestro,
Centro Cultural de España en El Salvador, El Salvador
March 6–April 29, 2020
Curated by Luisa Fuentes Guaza

Retorno a la pubertad (Return to Puberty)
Single-channel video
58 minutes, no audio

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Corposoberanía, recuperar lo que siempre fue nuestro.Prácticas artístico/activistas como parte de los procesosde lucha por los Derechos Sexuales y Autonomía/Soberanía Reproductiva en Centro América.

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Courtesy of Isabel Barrios

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En la curvatura del tiempo: Arte y Mujer,
Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala City, Guatemala
October 11–December 14, 2012
Curated by Lucrecia de Prera

Retorno a la pubertad (Return to Puberty)
Single-channel video
58 minutes, no audio

Retorno a la pubertad

Courtesy of Rollo Contemporary Art

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The Body in Women’s Art Now: Part 1: Embodied,
ROLLO Contemporary Art, London, UK
October 14–November 20, 2009
Extended until January 20, 2010
Curated by Philippa Found

Retorno a la pubertad (Return to Puberty)
Single-channel video
58 minutes, no audio

Para besarte mejor (The Better to Kiss You With)
Single-channel video
57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio

Para verte mejor (The Better to See You With)
Single-channel video
57 minutes 37 seconds, no audio

Para acariciarte mejor (The Better to Caress You With)
Single-channel video
1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, no audio

Para verte mejor
Courtesy of Abelino Bautista—Arte Américas

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Espada de Dos Filos, Latina Voices: California–New York,
Arte Americas, Fresno, CA
December 16, 2008–February 14, 2009

All four videos were shown in the same monitor:

Retorno a la pubertad (Return to Puberty)
Single-channel video
58 minutes, no audio

Para besarte mejor (The Better to Kiss You With)
Single-channel video
57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio

Para acariciarte mejor (The Better to Caress You With)
Single-channel video
1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, no audio

Para verte mejor (The Better to See You With)
Single-channel video
57 minutes 37 seconds, no audio

Ái Spik Ínglish

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Other, Other..., A sampling of 2007 and 2008 Urban Artist Initiative Grant (UAI/NYC) Recipients Visual Arts and Media,
Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos, New York, NY
June 4–August 7, 2008
Curated by Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz

Retorno a la pubertad (Return to Puberty)
Single-channel video
58 minutes, no audio

Ái Spik Ínglish
Rubber stamp prints on paper, 7 in total
8” x 6” | 20 x 15 cms each

Valentía y coraje (Courage and Bravery)
Red high-heel shoes, cord and tempera
Dimensions variable (Shoes: 9.5” x 5.5” x 5.5” | 24 x 14 x 14 cms)

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Beneath The Skin (A PERFECT 8 Exhibit),
Chashama ABC, New York, NY
May 12–June 2, 2008
Curated by Diana Schmertz

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Single-channel video
58 minutes, no audio

T’What?
Courtesy of Aron Conaway

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T’What?, Louisville Photo Biennial 2007,
Gallery NuLu, Louisville, KY
June 29–July 30, 2007
Co-curated by Aron Conaway

All four videos were shown in the same monitor:

Retorno a la pubertad (Return to Puberty)
Single-channel video
58 minutes, no audio

Para besarte mejor (The Better to Kiss You With)
Single-channel video
57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio

Para acariciarte mejor (The Better to Caress You With)
Single-channel video
1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, no audio

Para verte mejor (The Better to See You With)
Single-channel video
57 minutes 37 seconds, no audio

Courtesy of III Tirana Biennial

III Tirana Biennial
Courtesy of Regina José Galindo

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Sweet Taboos—Episode 4: Bittersweet, III Tirana Biennial
Villa Goldi complex, Tirana, Albania
October 14–November 10, 2005
Curated by Joa Ljungberg

Retorno a la pubertad (Return to Puberty)
Single-channel video
58 minutes, no audio

Para besarte mejor (The Better to Kiss You With)
Single-channel video
57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio

Para acariciarte mejor (The Better to Caress You With)
Single-channel video
1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, no audio

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