(Mientras escribo esto, Bethra y yo estamos en el primer autobús de la mañana a la Ciudad de México. No tengo wi-fi, así que probablemente voy a publicar cuando lleguemos al hotel.)
I usually feel right at home in Oaxaca's vibrant ex-pat population, but this trip it
was hard to not feel like an ugly American with the swarm of tourists who
descend on the town for la Dia de los Muertos. I’ve been spending a lot of time
with Bethra, so the last two days consisted of a lot of markets and eating, and
we had to wade through the sea of people to get to our favorite food spots.
After dark, about ten of us followed Jason over to a group
show (where he had a piece on display) in an amazing space that was basically a
courtyard inside an abandoned, decaying building. After this, we headed back to
la Galeria Gorilla for the performance scheduled for later that evening.
Around 8 p.m., we
were led into the gallery for the evening’s performance: “Bridge of Mud and
Feathers.” It was performance piece Japanese-American Shibari bondage
practitioner and educator Midori and suspension artist Samar. In the small
space, Midori, in Butoh-inspired costuming, adorned a rope-trussed Samar with
flowers, and then Jimmy Buddha and Muffe, both gilded, attached red chord to
Samar’s already-inserted hooks and suspended her off the floor. As she spun, Midori smeared ink over parts of her body, than
pressed paper to her body, creating crude paper prints. It was quite beautiful.
(En el autobus, la pelicula “Spider-Man” in playing—en
español—mientras Bethra y yo estamos viendo “Fuego” con Isabel Sarli en mi
computadora. La turistas que estan detrás de nosotros estan dormiendo, y esta
bien porque Sarli esta desnuda por mucha de la pelicula. Es un viaje estraño.)
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