benjamin lundberg torres sánchez

Colombioplasty
Performance. (2013)

Part II of Lundberg/Torres-Sanchez

The artist presents himself as a patient prepared to undergo a Colombioplasty, and invites the attending public to illustrate with surgical pens how his body might be altered to make it more Colombian. Through the viewers’ participation, this section engages the assumptions, desires, and questions of the body politic at hand, provoking a force that is at once external to the artist and agent over his identity. Colombioplasty is an opportunity for those viewing the piece to reckon with their agency over their perceptions of other(ed) bodies.

Performance History:

Re Performed 19 October
at AS220, Aborn Gallery
as part of Embodied
convened by Alyssa Coffin

Re Performed as a two-hour durational work, 23 November 2013
at LA GALERÍA at Villa Victoria Center for the Arts in Boston
as part of TODO BAJO CONTROL
curated by Anabel Vazquez, Ian Deleon, Alexis Avedisian,
& Ximena Izquierdo Ugaz
archival photos by Ximena Izquierdo Ugaz & Leonardo March

Performed 27 April 2013
at Panoply Performance Laboratory
as part of PERFORMEANDO curated by Hector Canonge
archival video shot by Dato Mio
photos by Marika Kent & Andrew Williams