Curtis Putralk, Las Planchadoras, 2006

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Videoperformance, 03m 44s.
Aspect: 1:33. Ratio: 24fps. Stereo sound,
Filmed on MiniDV.

Variable dimensions

Edition of 1 plus 1 artist's proof

Performers: Alejandra Meza and Viviana Méndez Moya. Inspired by 'Les Repasseuses' by Edgar Degas. The piece delves into a universe populated with objects from another time, as a testimony of...

Performers: Alejandra Meza and Viviana Méndez Moya. Inspired by 'Les Repasseuses' by Edgar Degas.
The piece delves into a universe populated with objects from another time, as a testimony of another world that, even if submerged, coexists with the fast, instantaneous and disposable current world. ⁣
'The iron that burns shirts is the remedy that becomes poison, the revenge of the oppressed. The household appliance, the symbolic device of oppression to which the so-called "housewives" are subjects, becomes a creative device; an instrument of transformation, an artist's weapon, a brush, a pencil, a palette.' Dado Amaral