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Performing Borders
5 channels video installation
5 custom made screens, video projection, sound
2010

Paper: 43 x 21
Clothes: 7.5 x 16
Lines: 15 x 52
Casa: 16 x 15
String: 7.5 x 16

Performing Borders is an installation consisting of a series of collaborative video performances. With the participation of others, I used my body to explore issues of identity and the concept of ‘borderlands’ through performing everyday actions in abstract situations. The ‘identity process’, the limits of the body in relation to other bodies, shifting borders and blurred identity are key concepts in this work. Specifically, I focus on the intersection of identities; to explore our body borders, guest performers and I improvised while using different materials and objects such as paper, string, fabric, safety pins, and tape. The final exhibition includes five looped videos with split screens that fragment the actions and images.