Sheared (2018)
series in process
oxidized knives with male urine, female hair
variable dimensions
The series Sheared against a backdrop of different social contexts and histories that witnessed the torture against women who had their hair cut and/or shaved in acts of punishment and humiliation. These are historical accounts of this practice, for example, the Inquisition, the Second War, Slavery and the Military Dictatorship. In that sense, but with a more current focus, this series proposes to reflect on the recurrence of this type of violence in Brazilian states based on facts reported by the press in recent years. At the Currently, two contexts have been explored: the domestic environment (Shearing #1), in which men practice this act to humiliate and punish their partner, taking her body as property, an object of possession; and drug trafficking (Sheared #2, in process), when members of factions cut and shave women's hair as a way of asserting territorial dominance and applying the penalties of the “criminal court”, if they have disobeyed the “code of ethics”.
Shorn (2018)
series in process
oxidized knives with male urine, female hair
variable dimensions
The "Shorn" series has different social and historical backgrounds that witnessed the practice of torture against women who had their hair cut and/or shaved in acts of punishment and humiliation. Historical reports of this type of torture are Inquisition, Second War, Slavery and Brazilian Military Dictatorship, for example. In this sense, but one with a more current focus, this series proposes to reflect on the recurrence of this type of violence in the Brazilian states based on facts reported by the press in recent years. For the moment, two contexts have been explored: the domestic environment (Sheep #1), in which men practice this act to humiliate and punish their mate, taking their body as a property, object of possession; and drug trafficking, when members of factions cut and scrape women's hair as a way of asserting territorial dominance and applying the penalties of the "crime court" if they have disobeyed the "code of ethics."