
Production stills: Roni Mocán
New York, 2003
Video:
Single-channel digital video
57 minutes 48 seconds
Color, Silent
Photos:
Digital C-Prints, 16” x 20” each
Video close-up of my mouth in a static single shot, where I apply red lipstick continuously for one-hour.
In the name of beauty most women will put on makeup, do their hair, nails, depilate, diet, fix their noses and breasts. Although few women will reach society’s beauty ideals, they will sculpt their bodies as needed. In this video I play along with women’s beauty rituals, performing them in exaggerated ways to reflect the pressures imposed by today’s society. The camera focuses on the part of the body where the action takes place: With repetitive gestures I apply lipstick continuously for one hour, questioning our attraction to makeup and its power of seduction.
Its title was inspired by the Red Riding Hood tale.
“Para
verte mejor” (“The Better to See You With”)
“Para
acariciarte mejor” (“The Better to Caress You With”)
“Retorno
a la pubertad” (“Return to Puberty”)
Imagining
Ourselves: A Global Generation of Women
Goldman, Paula. Imagining Ourselves: Global Voices from a New Generation
of Woman. San Francisco: New World Library.
West, Cassandra. “A generation arrives.” Chicago Tribune/Woman News, 2006
Cofiño de Prera, Lucrecia. “La intimidad en el arte”, elPeriódico, Guatemala, 2003



Photos Courtesy of Rollo Contemporary Art
“The Body in Women’s Art Now: Part 1: Embodied,”
New Hall Art Collection, Cambridge, UK
January 31—February 28, 2010
Curated by Philippa Found
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 37 seconds, no audio
Single-channel video, 1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, no audio


Photos Courtesy of Rollo Contemporary Art
“The Body in Women’s Art Now: Part 1: Embodied,”
ROLLO Contemporary Art, London, UK
October 14—November 20, 2009. Extended until January 20, 2010
Curated by Philippa Found
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 37 seconds, no audio
Single-channel video, 1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, no audio
Single-channel video, 58 minutes, no audio


“¡Aquí! (Here),” An Uptown Latino Art Exhibition, NoMAA Gallery, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, New York, NY
September 25—December 30, 2009
All three videos were shown in the same monitor:
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio
Single-channel video, 1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, no audio
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 37 seconds, no audio


Photo Courtesy of Emiliano Valdés—CCE/G
“Pintura: El proyecto incompleto,” espacio ce!, Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española, La Antigua, Guatemala
April 30—June 6, 2009
Curated by Rosina Cazali and Emiliano Valdés
All three videos were shown in the same monitor:
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio
Single-channel video, 1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, no audio
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 37 seconds, no audio

Photo Courtesy of Abelino Bautista—Arte Américas
“Espada de Dos Filos, Latina Voices: California – New York,”
Arte Americas, Fresno, California
December 16, 2008—February 14, 2009
All four videos were shown in the same monitor:
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio
Single-channel video, 1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, no audio
Single-channel video, 58 minutes, no audio
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 37 seconds, no audio
“IV Encuentro Mundial de Arte Corporal,”
Caracas, Venezuela
September 5—14, 2008
Complejo Cultural Teatro Teresa Carreño
Coordinated by Ana María Zoghbi
All three videos were shown in the same monitor:
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio
Single-channel video, 1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, no audio
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 37 seconds, no audio


Photos by María Adela Díaz
“What Does a Woman Want?,” Proyecto X,
San Francisco, California
March 7—9, 2008
Curated by Cecilia Nuín
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio


“Resonance
New York,”
Monkdogz Urban Art Gallery,
New York
January 17—February 23, 2008
Curated by Diana Schmertz
Digital C-Prints, 16” x 20” each
Digital C-Prints, 16” x 20” each



“The
Feminine Mystique: Contemporary Artists Respond,”
Jersey City Museum, New Jersey
September 20, 2007—February 24, 2008
Curated by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado
All three videos were shown in the same monitor:
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio
Single-channel video, 1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, no audio
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 37 seconds, no audio

Photo Courtesy of El Museo del Barrio


“El Museo’s 5th Bienal: The Selected Files 007,”
El Museo del Barrio, New York
July 25, 2007—January 6, 2008
Co-curated by Elvis Fuentes and Carmen E. Ramos
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio
Single-channel video, 1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, no audio


Photos Courtesy of Aron Conaway
“T’What?,” Gallery NuLu, Louisville Photo Biennial 2007, Louisville, Kentucky
June 29-July 30, 2007
Co-curated by Aron Conaway
All four videos were shown in the same monitor:
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio
Single-channel video, 1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, no audio
Single-channel video, 58 minutes, no audio
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 37 seconds, no audio




“The Art of Sensuality,” Launch of Ambrielle lingerie line for JCPenney,
Chelsea Art Museum, New York
September 28, 2006
Curated by Alina Preciado
Event produced by Eventquest
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio
4 Collages on vintage botanical prints using images from
women's magazines
Dimensions variable (aprox. 8.5” x 5.5” each)
2 Collages on paper using images from women’s magazines.
Dimensions variable (Left: 14” x 11”. Right: 5.5” x
11” each)



Artist in the Marketplace (AIM) 26, Bronx Museum of the
Arts, New York
March 22–July 2, 2006
Curated by Lydia Yee and Erin Salazar
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 37 seconds, no audio

Photo Courtesy of III Tirana Biennial

Photo by Regina José Galindo
“Sweet Taboos”, Episode 4: Bittersweet, III Tirana Biennial, Albania
October 14-November 10, 2005
Villa Goldi complex
Curated by Joa Ljungberg
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio
Single-channel video, 58 minutes, no audio
Single-channel video, 1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, no audio

Contemporary Latin American Art Group Show, Shimna, New York
August 18–September 3, 2005
Curated by Risa Needleman Gallery
Digital C-Prints, 16” x 20” each
Digital C-Prints, 16” x 20” each
Rubber stamp prints on paper, 7 in total
20 x 15 cm | 8 x 6 each
White mens handkerchief and red lipstick
37 x 37 cm | 14.5 x 14.5 each


Photos by Antonio Lagunas
“La región más transparente. Una exploración
de los espacios íntimos,” Centro Cultural de España, Guatemala
August 13–29, 2003
Curated by Rosina Cazali
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio
Single-channel video, 1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, no audio
White mens handkerchief and red lipstick
37 x 37 cm | 14.5 x 14.5