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HairBrained Exhibit at the Providence Public Library on Empire Street, Providence
I am really excited to be a part of this exhibit! Collaboration with artist Orlando Hernández pictures by José Ramírez Join us in spring of 2018 as we focus on...hair! ON DISPLAY MARCH - JUNE 2018 The HairBrained exhibition will focus on hairstyles throughout history—braids, curls, facial hair, wigs—and the ways in which hair defines and reflects culture, self-identity, agency, and politics. Exhibition materials will include books, prints, magazines, and photographs from Providence Public Library’s Special Collections. Items will be on display from March - June 2018. Inspired by images and texts in the exhibition, our series of cultural programs and educational activities for all ages explores how and why we have grown, cut, shaved, shaped, woven, adorned, and covered the hair on our heads, from centuries ago 'till today. PPL’s 2018 Exhibition & Program Series HairBrained KICK-OFF PARTY is free and open to all! ...
Performing at Luna Loba 11/05/17
from my performance of The Cycle of Life. In many countries girls are taught to wash their underwear when they take a shower. Sometimes the ritual becomes synonymous with being clean, caring, a "proper woman". The cycle of life explores washing your panties as a symbol of liberation from the burden of being "good". Washing underwear as a ritual of healing for all the little girls of the world, who have ever been catcalled, harassed, molested or raped. I placed a Band-Aid on each pin to symbolize healing as a process. Mi performance "El ciclo de la vida". En muchos países, se enseña a las niñas a lavar su ropa interior cuando se bañan. A veces, el ritual se convierte en sinónimo de ser limpia, cuidadosa, una "mujer buena". El ciclo de la vida explora lavar los panties como un símbolo de liberación de la carga de ser "buena". Lavar la ropa interior como un ritual de curación para todas las niñas del mundo que alguna vez han sido h...
Puerto Rico se levanta
¡Puerto Rico se levanta! Y Quisqueya, tu amiga, te canta: Hermana mía, Renaceran tus flores al mediodía ¡Puerto Rico se levanta! Borinquen vivo De Bomba y de Plena están hechos tus hijos. Alto como el Yunque cantará el Coquí Isla del Encanto vuelve a sonreír ¡Puerto Rico se levanta! Grande y sonora, Brillaran de nuevo tus amapolas. Tierra solidaria aquí está mi mano la misma que siempre nos has regalado ¡Puerto Rico se levanta! Entre las tamboras, El mar es tu falda Tu ritmo, las olas ¡Puerto Rico se levanta! Y Quisqueya, tu amiga, te canta: Que el amor se extienda sobre tu bandera. Boricua, tu fuerza es un rayo de luz entre las palmeras. Con mucho cariño para Lydia Pérez, Shey Rivera y para todo el pueblo puertorriqueño.