Guonderguoman [Wonder Woman]
Selected by Claudia Prado, 32 minutes

For Freewaves I have selected a compilation put together by artist Claudia Prado and which includes nine works by Mexican female artists. Guonderguoman plays on the pronunciation in Spanish of Wonderwoman and reflects diverse approaches to issues of gender as seen from a contemporary Mexican perspective.

TABLE GARDEN
Dir. Silvia Gruner / 2001 / 5:00
A hypnotic piece originally part of a video
installation.

A PINK STRIP
Dir. Amaranta Sánchez / 2001 / 1:30
La larga espera se refleja en una banda color de rosa.
A long wait is reflected on a pink colored strip.

I DID NOT CHOOSE THIS BODY, I AM NOT THIS BODY,
Dir. Alejandra Echeverría / 1998 / 3:16
In this video I have described my own body in a
methodic and scientific way. Mocking on the importance
and value these "physical" characteristics have today
when trying to say something about us. I do not
consider myself as being my height, my weight, my
straight nose or the color of my eyes. This is my
body, but I am not it, nor did I choose it to be such.

WINDOW
Dir. Paulina del Paso / 2001 / 7:00
A contemplating gaze into other's intimate moments.

SUJETO MORFOLÓGICO
Dir. Carolina Esparragoza / 1999 / 1:34
Anybody can be happy. (Self-portrait)

FILOFOBIA
Dir. Cecilia Navarro, 1997, Animación (pixilación),
1:48
At the turn of the century, in an artificial world
where it is believed that everything can be
controlled, reality exceeds us. This is the paradox.

TITS ARE IT
Dir. Grace Quintanilla, 2001, 7:00
Mama is taking a seven minute shower equals seven
minutes of a baby's desperate cries.BABA DE PERICO
Dir. Ximena Cuevas, 1999, 4:00

STARS
Dir. Claudia Fernández / 1998 / 2:00
The metaphor of a "domestic cosmos" in which, through
a sacrifice, an intimate universe begins to develop.

@ MOCA at California Plaza
Nov. 9, 11am -5pm