Monica Rekas root work (work that root)

Date(s): Nov 3 2016, 7:00 pm

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root work (work that root)

© M. Rekas, 2016

During this performance, Rekas will be broadcasting a healing ritual on Chaturbate.com, a popular webcam sex site. The inspiration for this project comes from her research on African-American Hoodoo spiritualism. The tradition revolves around the magical principals of contagion and sympathy — contagion being the idea that objects in contact continue to hold influence over each other, while the principle of sympathy holds that objects possess characteristics similar to a spell’s intended result. In addition to being staple ingredients of Trinidadian cuisine, the objects she has chosen to work with possess properties that aid in decolonizing her body — a body that has never truly belonged to her. By using Chaturbate as a platform, Rekas is reclaiming the right to her representation and likeness, her physical form, and divine sexuality.

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root work (work that root)

© M. Rekas, 2016

Monica Rekas is an emerging artist currently living on occupied Kanien’kehá:ka territory. Working primarily in film and video, her works often centre on themes of identity politics, sexual representation, and afro-cyber resistance. In terms of methodology, Monica is most interested in exploring the intersections between audio/video, analogue/digital, and personal/political.

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