I want You: Portraits of My Mother includes video performance "Estampitas" and SM (soft masochism) textile sculpture

I Want You: Portraits of My Mother is a video installation created in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I made a web out of rope to perform under. The web represents the traditional maternal energy of the spider. As I worked on the web, I choreographed a dance to be performed behind glass for a larger audience as well as an intimate direct performance for one person at a time. The dance was based on constriction and slightly based on the principles of S&M. I feel a lot of mothers have a unique "soft masochism".

Buenos Aires has a large Catholic population that is connected to "The Ultimate Mother/Virgin Mary" through these unique and decorative "estampitas." Estampitas are little cards with a picture of the virgin and a corresponding prayer on the back. They pray directly to the virgin mother with these cards to create a deep personal connection. I made my own estampitas for my performance to inspire the same intimate connection with the audience.

Watch: Estampitas

Images by Artist and Damián Linossi