Exercise to Dehumanize the Body
by Andrea Garcia Vasquez
[READ OUTLOUD]
I am a body.
I have some body.
I am some body.
I am a body.
I am the body that I have.
[PAUSE]
I have the body that I am.
[PAUSE]
I stand still with my body.
I move with my body.
I have
palms
which can sense
the surface of my body
and every other body.
My body allows me to touch it.
How I touch my body.
[PAUSE]
My body senses pain.
My body senses the wind.
My body runs from the rain.
My body detects every body.
My body is detached from every body.
My body is the receptor for what it means to be alive. My body is all
that I
really have.
[PAUSE]
To hold some body.
[PAUSE]
I have some body.
I am my body
I am some body.
I have some body.
I am a body.
I am some body.
I have some body.
I am some body.
Some body.
I am a body.
ANDREA GARCIA VASQUEZ was born in New Jersey, USA, received a BFA in Visual and Critical Studies from the School of Visual Arts, New York City in 2014 and currently lives and works in Leipzig, Germany. Andrea graduated from the Art Academy Leipzig with a Diploma in New Media: Installation and Space in 2020 with honorable distinction. Since 2015, Andrea has exhibited works internationally in Germany, USA, Asia, and the Middle East with solo and two-person exhibitions in Beirut, Leipzig, and California. Andrea won 5th place in a student international art prize in 2017, and received the DENKZEIT grant from the Culture Foundation of Saxony in 2020. Since September 2019, Andrea has been a core member and organiser for monthly meetings, residencies, and exhibitions for MODS collective (Leipzig ) — an international collective between Germany, Spain, and Norway. www.andreagarciavasquez.com