THE PLASTIC HEART MANIFESTO
photographic record of performance, 2022
As soon as I learned to write, my friends and I played a game every day. With a piece of paper, we predicted the future. The name of the man we were going to marry, how old we were going to be when it happened, how many kids we were going to have and where we were going to live. “Pedro, twenty-five years old, four children, in London”. The future was exactly what it was supposed to be. From an early age, ready to walk down the aisle.
Created by capitalism to love — and love only — there are only three paths for women: subservience, madness or death. Women under capitalism must love a very specific kind of love. A love that gives all without asking for anything in return; unquestionable and eternal; inescapable. Women’s despair is blood coloured.
Created by capitalism to love — and love only — there are only three paths for women: subservience, madness or death. Women under capitalism must love a very specific kind of love. A love that gives all without asking for anything in return; unquestionable and eternal; inescapable. Women’s despair is blood coloured.
"The Plastic Heart Manifesto" is the third and last part of my thesis project. It is an installation-performance strongly influenced by the story of Pippa Bacca and bell hooks' book, "All About Love: New Visions." Through this project, I critically examine the eurocentric cis-heteropatriarchal system that not only governs— not only, but also – our emotions, therefore questioning the role of social media in shaping and maintaining these connections."