Arahmaiani “Violence No More”
Violence No More — The semi-‐transparent paper on the windows of the Defibrillator allows for natural light to stream into an otherwise dark gallery. A circle of unlit candles consumes a majority of the gallery floor. People walk in from the street and then sit down to form a neat outer-‐circle around the makeshift barrier. […]
Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz’s “Bargain Basement Sovereign”
At a firm and slow pace, Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz quietly and commandingly walks through the semi-circle formed audience that sits on the floor of gallery. Raimundi-Ortiz and her assistants, Kaitlyn Helene Sass & Diandra Miller, are dressed in wigs and exaggerated makeup as they enter the main space of the Defibrillator. One of the assistants carries her […]