Obatala Hemet, Reflection, 2020
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29 Latigazos version: Tajh y Yo. 2019-2021., Video still. Horse tail, clay, leather, and thread. The horse tail (iruke) in an attribute of the Orisha Obatalá. In this 29 Latigazos version, Tajh and I lash ourselves, as we embody Obatalá, in the same space, in and out of synchronism with each other. Location: artist's studio, October 4th, 2019
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29 Latigazos version: Tajh y Yo. 2019-2021., Video still. Location: artist's studio, October 4th, 2019
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Falda de Rabo., Hoop skirt used in previously mentioned performance is now flipped and hung on the wall surrounded by agave ropes in the space., 2019
Falda de Rabo. 58" x 24" x 10", dye, acrylic, shells, and thread on cotton skirt, 2019.
Pelo de Rabo. (video still), Video still from a performance where I tied the horse tail onto my own hair while wearing a hoop skirt I made and modified. Location: Yale University, 2019
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Glass, Video still. In this performance, as a form of catharsis, I smash 18 empty Ochún votive candle vessels that I had been burning and collecting for 2 years. Location: Yale University, December 14th, 2018
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Glass, Smashed previously mentioned votive vessels of Ochún, the Yorúbà orisha of fertility., 2018
Glass, wax, oil, and leather.