"Visibility as Strategy: Jesusa Rodriguez's Body
in Play"
by Roselyn Costantino
Jesusa Rodriguez is a actress, playwright, scenographer, entrepreneur, and social activist. Her work represents Mexican culture, history, and humanity. Jesusa along with her companion Lilian formed the Divas, a group that produced around 200 shows from the 1990-1997. Rodriguez often uses the female body as the focal point of her piece. She has transgressed tradition women roles in a patriarchal society. They have played an active part in politics. She has always deviated from mainstream art and more serious art. "Frivolous theater" flourished in the nineteenth century because it appealed to all social classes. This type of performance engaged the audience in a way that was very interactive. Rodriguez believed that humor as a necessity for her performances. She believed that you should be in the present and live a life full of laughter. By doing so you can see the world from all angles and see it's infiniteness.
by Roselyn Costantino
Jesusa Rodriguez is a actress, playwright, scenographer, entrepreneur, and social activist. Her work represents Mexican culture, history, and humanity. Jesusa along with her companion Lilian formed the Divas, a group that produced around 200 shows from the 1990-1997. Rodriguez often uses the female body as the focal point of her piece. She has transgressed tradition women roles in a patriarchal society. They have played an active part in politics. She has always deviated from mainstream art and more serious art. "Frivolous theater" flourished in the nineteenth century because it appealed to all social classes. This type of performance engaged the audience in a way that was very interactive. Rodriguez believed that humor as a necessity for her performances. She believed that you should be in the present and live a life full of laughter. By doing so you can see the world from all angles and see it's infiniteness.
Lygia Clark and Helio Oiticica
Lygia Clark and Helio Oticica had created countless works of art in the 60s and 70s. Both of their artwork pieces usually complemented each
other and went together. Clark merged
the body and the mind together while Oiticica
engaged in sensorial explorations involving social, cultural, architectural,
and environmental spaces. They reframed modernist notions of
universal aesthetics by translating them
directly into life and the body. They focused their work on the body and
created a language of the body through
their artwork. Clark often
merged the body’s interior and exterior
spaces stressing direct connection between the body’s physical and psychological dimensions. Oiticica focused
on the body as a color and the body in space
and time. Both artists increased the art vocabulary immensely with
their artwork and the different forms that they
used. They both created interactive art where the audience would come and interact with the
piece.
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