Regina José Galindo Guatemala, 1974
Himenoplastia, 2004
Video.
7’ 20’’
Edition 4 of 5 + 3AP
Més imatges
Hymenoplastia forms a crude allegation about strong ideological constraints often of religious origin that remain rooted in our society and harm the possibilities of women: a video showing how Galindo...
Hymenoplastia forms a crude allegation about strong ideological constraints often of religious origin that remain rooted in our society and harm the possibilities of women: a video showing how Galindo undergoes surgery to reconstruct her hymen and thus return to being a virgin. Both works refer directly to the burdens coming from religions that, for centuries, have produced repressive, demeaning, and abusive norms, slogans, ideologies, images, and symbols that limit the social and vital position of women in a castrating and violent way.