While examining Xandra Ibarra’s work, I realized how much her work represents feminist anti-rape and prison abolitionist movement sentiments. The work is a little shocking because I have never been exposed to works like this, but I am also intrigued by the meaning behind them. The Nude Laughing image and live performance was very moving yet shocking. I am still not even able to tell if it was real because it looked real but then the top part for the breasts looked like a barbie doll’s chest. I do have a lot of questions about the pieces. I wonder if this has anything to say towards beauty standards and trying to look like a doll. I also wonder if the yellow heels that she is wearing symbolize anything because she is essentially nude except the shoes. Is it an ironic challenge towards norms? Are the people in the video and images real people on the streets or are they props to enhance the message that she is trying to convey on challenging racial and sexual norms? What was the purpose of laughing? In my mind, I thought of it as Xandra Ibarra laughing at the norms and thus challenging them but then the laughter became what sounded like moans. The moans can also call on the stigma of sex on society. However, at some points the laughter sounded like a crazy laugh at the same time. I think if I were walking like one of the random pedestrians in the video, I would think that Xandra Ibarra was someone who was on drugs which probably speaks to the message that Xandra is trying to convey or question. She may be questioning why being naked is such a bad thing or why it is shunned on to the point where only someone who is on drugs would do something like that. I’m also curious about the sack and what it might signify when she goes inside of it.
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