Through Maseca

performed live at Hairpin Arts Center in Chicago, IL as a part of Exsanguination

single channel video projection

TRT about 45 min

(second iteration and first live performance of this project) 

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Through Maseca is meditative ritual performance and an exaggeration of tradition, an erotic and furious material explosion.

In this work I mix my body weight in masa, using 25 bags of Maseca: the homogenized, super-crop brand of corn flour found all over the world and used by all Latino communities. 

 

This action is set to a rhapsodic collage of images and sounds ranging from indigenous Pipil ritual dances,

YouTube masa making tutorials, boleros and ballads, news reports, anthropological studies,

the Salvadorian anthem and other popular media.

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Special thanks to Roberto Sifuentes & AWXEL for supporting this project. 

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November 15, 2025 / video documentation by Enrique Vasquez & Claire Staples

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