ElenaTejada-Herrera
(USA/Peru)

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Domestic Crimes

Oh, Oh, Oh, Who killed the beautiful maid?
Was the kitchen or the house?
Was she killed by the domestic labor?
Was that the job of a serial killer?
Was that a “hysterical” suicide?

This video displays some of the chapters of the Domestic Crimes video series, inspired by the American media and the domestic life.

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Nouveau Bourgeois Latin Immigrant That Learned Shopping And Has Good Taste

I stood in front of the Pottery Factory Shopping Mall holding the sign "Nouveau Bourgeois Latin Immigrant That Learned Shopping And Has Good Taste." Each 20 minutes I changed clothes and stood in the same place again.

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Teddy

A man is playing with a teddy bear as if it were a ball. The teddy bear is delicate and it is being used as the traditional ball used in soccer game, subverting in this way the macho male stereotype. This is also a playful display of sexuality.

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The Prey

A naked woman enters a room. A black plastic bag covers her head. Her hands and feet are tied up. A close up to the TV displays the same room along with the news. The performer and the public were both audience and actors of this staged situation.