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ana mendieta “people looking at blood, moffit, iowa” 1973

dearorpheus

“In this piece, Mendieta spilled a large amount of what appeared to be chunky blood over a doorway and sidewalk on an Iowa City street. Then she removed herself from the scene and, from a distance, photographed the reactions of various passersby. […]
It intimates to passersby that a grievous and dramatic injury has taken place, but it gives no explanation and, more important, no recourse to action. It may incite horror, concern, compassion, and revulsion—in short, pity and fear—but it doesn’t offer anywhere for these feelings to go. […] Each pedestrian’s only real choice is to walk on by, which looks from the outside—and likely felt, on the inside—like an uncaring abandonment, even if of an indeterminate or imaginary entity. […] And somewhere out of sight lurks Mendieta, a voyeur of each passerby’s involuntary voyeurism. […] People Looking at Blood says, Look at this pile of carnage, with no clear story, source, assailant, or victim. Just look at it. Now look at others looking at it. (And I will be looking at you looking.)”

�� The Art of Cruelty, Maggie Nelson

bloodthirstypandasfromthesky

Ana Mendieta was murdered by her husband and fellow artist Carl Andre. This work became a self fulfilling prophecy and meditation on tragedy, the nature of violence, and peoples unwillingness to help.

And no I will not shut up about this.

vdayucla

By the way, her husband never went to prison for what he did.

Every night I pop my dick off and point it in a direction so it can go fuck while I sleep. Unfortunately, it can only see via wetness, so if it ever gets near a body of water it'll go "That's one big pussy!" and dive in. It can't swim well, so when it makes it back in the morning my dick will be covered in fish bites.