Introduction

Regina Jóse Galindo

A brief description of Latin American Performance is provided to accurately situate Galindo with the theories associated with Latina Performance Art.

Feminist Performance Art

By defining Feminist Performance Art for Galindo's work another area of study that could concentrate on Galindo

"¿Quién poder borrar las huellas?"

"Who can erase the traces?"
This page is dedicated to explaining three areas of interest in this performance. Political protest, use of body, and the use of human blood.

Photos of other Performances

This section provides photos and quotes from Regina Jóse Galindo's Book. The purpose is to provide a general overview of the work Galindo has completed in the last 6 years.

Chronology

Digital Bibliography

Regina Jóse Galindo was born in 1974 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Galindo’s work is heavily influenced by the history of Guatemala. Historically, Galindo’s work is important because she was born into a country of war and her performative techniques reflect the type of conditions that immerse the country. Influential moments in history such as the signing of the peace treaty in 1996, her working as a performance artist only three years after the signing, and how her work became considered post-war performance after the 2002 incident. Influences in her work changed during the three years between 1999 and 2002. In the beginning, her work was heavily focused on violence against women, since the signing, she became more political in her statements, directly protesting Efrain Montt, and directly addressing the citizens with a form of memory that raises important issues of future types of influence. Galindo’s techniques show characteristics of social significance in three ways, the location, her left behind foot prints, and the use of human blood.

Galindo is a unique figure in Guatemala, no other performance artist has been recognized out of Guatemala. The possibility that there are other performers is there, however, the coverage of these artists is less than that of Galindo. The first recognition Galindo received was from the Unique Poetry prize in 1998, by the foundation Myrna Mack. In 1999, she became the winner of Project Young Creative BANCAFE.

It was, in 1999, three years after the signing that Regina Jóse Galindo began performing. Many of her performances are conducted in Guatemala, but many others are presented to many other locations including Peru, London, Venice, Dominican Republic and Costa Rica. No matter where her performances are staged, her underlying theme is directed at the cultures violence, politics, and humanity issues.

Her controversial video of "Himenoplastia" earned her recognition at the Venice Biennale 2005, in receiving the Golden Lion award in the category of "artists under 30". This study will show how historically, influentially, and socially significant, Galindo’s performative techniques in, ¿Quien puede borrar las huellas? (Who can erase the traces?), lead to important signifiers of the memory and repercussions of war.

-It is a question of survival: “art does not save the world, it saves me,” It is a matter of resistance, “Art is poetry, it brings energy, life. Resistance is essential. It is part of daily life, of the act itself (…) Poetry is a path.” Regina Jóse Galindo.