sometimes when i close my eyes, 2007

sometimes when i close my eyes (2007)

running time: 00:02:17

format: video and sound installation; NTSC DVD

sometimes when i close my eyes (2007), is a video installation which addresses how the body acts and intervenes in the creation of “place.”  In particular, this performance and installation began my intense interest in the divisions between Miami and Havana. The ocean is one of the most powerful symbols of this separation. The video shows me walking toward and away from the ocean in Miami Beach.  During this performance, there are moments when I touch the ocean, though I never submerge myself in the water. The main questions this piece responds to are: What is the body’s role in the creation of place? How do people, and in particular, women negotiate spaces? How do socio-political and natural forces act as bridges, barriers, or other interventions in the creation of place and home? How do memory and emotion factor in to one’s interpretation of these ideas?