Oubao-moin
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Oubao-moin. 2021
video-performance Wild Swans Performance. "A Pound of Feathers" Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, Irlanda Curaduría: Bernadette Hopkins Cámara: Helen Ceballos Asistencia: Ali Petru Gerena Grabado en la antigua base naval Roosevelt Roads, Ceiba, Borikén VER OBRA COMPLETA |
Oubao-moin is placed.
Placed in the homeland.
The ancestors and ancestras tell their story;
the story of a land where blood was spilled.
¡Come tu alimento espíritu, espectro de mi historia!
Descansa fantasma.
Tierra de mí.
Wind moves the birds’ flight.
Navigating through imagined past and remembered future journeys.
Always with the waves in my/our body.
Oscillating movement.
Coming and going,
never leaving,
never staying.
Vuela alto guaraguao.
How many bodies equal a pound of sugar? Racial construction veiled by colonial imposition.
Chains, chains, chains...
Chained
De-velar al muerto
Being held.
Being pushed overboard.
Time for waiting
a moment
of re-birth.
Placed in the homeland.
The ancestors and ancestras tell their story;
the story of a land where blood was spilled.
¡Come tu alimento espíritu, espectro de mi historia!
Descansa fantasma.
Tierra de mí.
Wind moves the birds’ flight.
Navigating through imagined past and remembered future journeys.
Always with the waves in my/our body.
Oscillating movement.
Coming and going,
never leaving,
never staying.
Vuela alto guaraguao.
How many bodies equal a pound of sugar? Racial construction veiled by colonial imposition.
Chains, chains, chains...
Chained
De-velar al muerto
Being held.
Being pushed overboard.
Time for waiting
a moment
of re-birth.
