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Arts & Communication                                                       A mean, the body. A mean body



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            Figure 1. Sandbags 2. Photographic documentation of performance by      one liter of tap water
            the author (New York, December 2021).
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            was crying,” was the last phrase that Yvonne said, as the      one liter of tap water
            performers got on their feet and the lights went off .      one liter of tap water
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            Holding my body in various materials, or wanting to be      one liter of tap water
            held, was the first intent of defining my own (physical)      one liter of tap water
            boundaries in space — a delineation, a  volumization, a      one liter of tap water
            grid, a 3D model. Holding became not only something       one liter of tap water
            that someone animate could provide for me and my body,      one liter of tap water
            or vice versa, but also something that space, together with      one liter of tap water
            certain objects, could potentially help with.             one liter of tap water
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            3. The resources                                          one liter of tap water

            To iterate over a source. To revisit a source. To reobtain      one liter of tap water
            something from someone or somewhere. Starting with my      one liter of tap water
            body in every experimentation, the idea of iteration can      one liter of tap water
            be visually recognized because it leaves a formal trace.      one liter of tap water
            Examples include the rectangular frame and positioning      one liter of tap water
            of my torso when I record private performances on video,      one liter of tap water
            or the residue like rice and compost left on the floor once      one liter of tap water
            I stood up to stop the camera. I have resourced myself as      one liter of tap water
            the main material of my practice. It is as if, through the act      two per six-yard utility cotton fabric
            of “holding,” I am the only reliable source to myself, and at      six-gallon plastic bag
            the very least, I can talk authoritatively about how I feel,   The Plaster of Paris is bought from Union Square
            and how my body experiences things. There is a seeming   Supply Hardware Store, which is located at 134  Avenue,
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            objectivity in my actions that can only result in subjective   0.2 miles from the studio at 25 East 13  Street in New York.
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            experiences. This is the invitation I extend through my   Transporting it on a dolly by foot takes about 22 min back
            work and the materials I use.                      and forth for each bag of plaster. The water is sourced
                   DAP White Plaster of Paris 25 pounds        from the tap on the fifth floor next to the studio. The fabric
                   DAP White Plaster of Paris 25 pounds        is bought in the garment district, somewhere on West
                   DAP White Plaster of Paris 25 pounds        39  Street, between 8  and 7  Avenues.
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                   one liter of tap water                        I  graduated from  Parsons  School  of  Design, a  part
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                   one liter of tap water                      of The New School, located at 25 East 13   Street in
                   one liter of tap water                      New York. Carried on a plane by air, it takes about 14 h
                   one liter of tap water                      from Santiago’s Arturo Merino Benitez airport on a direct
                   one liter of tap water                      flight to New York’s JFK airport. The artist is sourced from
                   one liter of tap water                      architecture school, somewhere in between a rebel with
                   one liter of tap water                      no fancy last name, and a researcher that got bored. The
                   one liter of tap water                      artist is from a country where people are divided into two
                   one liter of tap water                      groups,  from  a  family  that  got  those  two  groups  deeply
                   one liter of tap water                      joined. During the Chilean dictatorship of Pinochet, my
                   one liter of tap water                      grandmother’s identical twin sister had to flee the country.


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