2022
Performance
double channel HD video
3:33 minutes
Statement
Animus/Anima is a reperformance of Ana Mendieta’s “Glass on Face.” In addition to expressing a distortion of human faces which challenges the society’s perception of beauty, as in Ana Mendieta’s original work, this reperformance introduces a watcher in each channel, an institutional agent who serves as a conduit between the performer and the viewer. In this setup, the performers are performing and the viewers are viewing while knowing that they are being watched.