Going Back to the Womb is a section dedicated to my mother. After years of living apart, the quarantine brought us together. We used this time to feel closer than ever, make art and collaborate with each other. These video-performances are the result of that time together.
Vientre / Womb, 2020, Video-Performance
I enter into my mom’s bedroom. I’m hungry. I lean towards her belly to ask her for food. It seemed like a natural instinct despite my age. I lie there for a few minutes and say: mom, it is satisfying to lie on your stomach. The feel of your breath brings me peace.
“Womb” is the feeling of going back to her uterus. The sensation of matching our breathing and immerse ourselves in its tranquility...
When the Flowers Became so Strong that They Bore the Distance, 2020, Video-Performance
Mother and child, two bodies together since childbirth. However, when the time comes it is time for a farewell. It is that exact moment when the child recognizes their mother’s strength on themself. It is an extreme strength that she hides with tenderness. A mother represents a spiritual and physical anchor somehow. Even though she lets you leave, a part of you stays with her.
The Dance of the Migrating Hands, 2020, Video-Performance
This piece comes from a conversation that we are not able to listen between Alicia and her mother. You can only see their hands moving to the rhythm of the music. Music that hides the heavyhearted news that Alicia has to leave under the pandemic.
Insomnia
Fears
Hope
Migration
Another country
A new beginning