Personal Proposal

Permeable BoundariesARTIST STATEMENT
This integrative performance piece connects to my past installation where i questioned how clothing affects the way people perceive each other.
In "Permeable Boundaries" I stepped in the middle of the room and asked the group to take a deep breath and relax. I took a moment before I asked everyone to participate, whoever wanted could join me in a circle and take off our clothes, and whoever did not feel comfortable with this could make a circle outside us. Everything that happens after that will arise spontaneously and organically from the interaction with each other and without my preconcieved direction. My intention is to involve everyone who is present in an interaction that goes beyond the boundaries of clothing, to be able to look at each other without the costume we put on everyday, and to allow others to see ourselves in this state. Whoever does not feel comfortable taking their clothes off does not have to, but they are still welcome to form a part of the experience and question the idea of seeing others without being seen, and think about the barriers we put up and why.

REQUIREMENTS
For this performance the only thing I need is an audience ranging from 10 to 50 people, and a comfortable space where it is easy to focus one's attention.

Curriculum Vitae
Mariana Villaseñor
778 228 58 28
marianita_grumpy@yahoo.com

Born in Guadalajara, Mexico in 1986
Currently studying a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts
at Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Vancouver, Canada


EDUCATION

2005
Graduated from The American School Foundation of Guadalajara

2006-2007
Foundation Studies for Psychology
ITESO
Guadalajara, Mexico

2007-2009
Fine Arts Studies
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Vancouver, Canada

A dancer of West African Dance, Arabic and Egiptian Belly Dance, and Ecstatic Dance.
Minor percussionist in d'jambe and darbouka.
Backup singer.