Artist, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons performs, 'Regalos [Gifts]', at the opening of her retrospective, 'Everything is Separated by Water.'
I decided to make a piece that was called, "Gift Regalos," but barely that is, one that is given away to the public.
So Regalos create the situation in which I bring myself as a maker and at the same time I propose myself as a taking.
I am to give it away myself.
Each one of them is an original piece. They are seen in the back of this, "Time and trouble, maintain a wild young woman,
but a wild old woman is uncontrollable by any force." [Laughing]
Please join us now, in Pulliam Great Hall, for the world premiere performance of Regalos Gifts by Maria Magdelena Campos-Pons.
A Regalo is a gift, a gesture, to extend the self into the other of a way to communicate meaning.
The artist body constructs a bridge, a memory line that conducts information to the audience.
A gift, a gesture of proximity between the artist persona and you.
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Mother.
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Sister.
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I come to you with the energy of my ancestor, with my history
with gifts from the past, to the present, to the future
I come to you with a gift
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I come to you to share my history, to share my body, to share my bounty, my belief
my insecurities, my house, my necessity, my desire, I come to you to share
what I believe in, what I doubt, what I want, what I accept, what I came for,
what I was hoping for, I came to you here, to share my history
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Father!
Mother!
Sister!
Brothers.
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Cousin.
Friends...
Colleagues.
Believers.
Padres.
Madres.
Hermanas.
Primas.
Amigos.
Amigas.
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You, come to me...
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Thank you!
You, come to me...
You, come to me...
Thank you!
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I invite any of you to come to me and take a box, it's all for you to be taken
one at a time
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Thank you for sharing with me the gift of your presence, the gift of your [Unclear speaking], the gift of the past, the present, and the future
Now, I invite you to open your [Unclear speaking] and share it with everyone...
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Water.
It's beautiful...
I'm so glad you posted this performance. Watching it took me right back to that day. What a beautiful memory. I miss you, Magda. I miss all my IMA friends.
Sandra Abbott
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