Trenzando is a durational performance media-installation focusing on the exploitation of natural resources used to sustain capitalist systems and women's invisible labor used to maintain these systems. The fabrics have been dyed with extracted resources, all of which connect to my lived experience as well as to the connected resources we use globally. These materials include: Coca leaves, copper metal, and crude oil. I use the "emergency blanket" aluminum, commonly used in deportation centers along the US / MX border to wrap women and children. The act of braiding is practiced in many traditions to prevent negative energy from entering the body as a form of healing.
Location: Border fence. Agua Prieta, MEXICO
Collaborators: Mary Jenea Sánchez (Douglas, US), Martha Lorena Rascon (Agua Prieta, MX), Laura Alfonso Baron (Bogotá, Colombia), Carolina Aranibar-Fernández (La Paz, Bolivia)
Date: Saturday, November 9, 2019
Photos: Katie Ann Franklin
This work is part of the Binational Arts Residency.
Location: Border fence. Agua Prieta, MEXICO
Collaborators: Mary Jenea Sánchez (Douglas, US), Martha Lorena Rascon (Agua Prieta, MX), Laura Alfonso Baron (Bogotá, Colombia), Carolina Aranibar-Fernández (La Paz, Bolivia)
Date: Saturday, November 9, 2019
Photos: Katie Ann Franklin
This work is part of the Binational Arts Residency.