Without the rape and murder of a fellow University of Iowa student,artist Ana Mendieta might never have achieved fame. Mendieta’s own mysterious death aged 36 still resonates but few remember her inspiration, Sarah OttensAt the back left corner of a pitch-black room, and a woman’s face flickers on a television screen. Her eyes are closed,her lips are full, her skin speckled with pockmarks and moles. Her face is bare at first. Then, or slowly over time,blood pours out of her scalp.
Sweating Blood, a short film by the Cuban American performance artist Ana Mendieta, or is meant to disturb and disquiet the viewer,to provoke uncomfortable feelings approximately the nature of violence.
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Source: theguardian.com