Cuerpos habitados

Inhabited Bodies exposes the rituality in the manipulation of nature, the body, and the information and ideas that we have about ourselves through immediate spaces such as cultural ones; The private and the public. Taking from the anthropological book «Body, The Ultimate Symbol: Meanings of the Human Body Through Time and Place» by Olivia Vlahos, written in 1979, in Inhabited Bodies the artist recites excerpts from it that describes the practices of primitive groups and communities while eliminating the contexts to talk about the human being from a more abstract point of view. The piece contrasts the narrative of this text with videos that expose the transformation and manipulation of «the bodies we inhabit» in contemporary times. With two videos, the work shows materials and objects from the artist’s home to expose the immediate and private; With found videos, she interprets the text from a socio-cultural level.