10. Futile Experiments in Mimesis
The performative action in the work addresses classical (mimetic) system of representation. It engages ritualized and mundane gestures (clasped arms, rocking motion) as repetition that is at once a reenactment and re-experiencing of a set of meanings already socially established. The action is an attempt to challenge the patriarchal representation, rooted in the writings of Aristotle and throughout Western philosophy, of a Mother and a Woman figure as a fixed subject.
The exhibition posits a claim for a political and representational visibility in contemporary culture through examination of text, embodiment and a notion of feminist mimesis to release the transgressive corporeality of the female, and maternal, performer.
The performative action in the work addresses classical (mimetic) system of representation. It engages ritualized and mundane gestures (clasped arms, rocking motion) as repetition that is at once a reenactment and re-experiencing of a set of meanings already socially established. The action is an attempt to challenge the patriarchal representation, rooted in the writings of Aristotle and throughout Western philosophy, of a Mother and a Woman figure as a fixed subject.
The exhibition posits a claim for a political and representational visibility in contemporary culture through examination of text, embodiment and a notion of feminist mimesis to release the transgressive corporeality of the female, and maternal, performer.
2018
Single channel video with audio, 18min. drywall, wood, concrete, raw canvas, paper, c-prints
Sound design: Alan S. Tofighi
Installation images: Daniel Alcazar
Single channel video with audio, 18min. drywall, wood, concrete, raw canvas, paper, c-prints
Sound design: Alan S. Tofighi
Installation images: Daniel Alcazar