Bare Life Study #1 Drawing on her training in military interrogation with "Team Delta," this street performance in Sao Paulo, Brazil, focuses on the spectacles of subjection in contemporary military prisons, based on images and testimonies about contemporary military detentions. This group performance focuses on one particular detail: the act of cleaning the floor with a toothbrush. Reports have surfaced that American soldiers order prisoners to clean their cells with toothbrushes for hours at a time. In the performance, Fusco assumes the role of a military policewoman and stages a scene that reenacts the act of cleaning the ground with a toothbrush in front of the U.S. consulate, together with 50 drama students acting as her prisoners. The performers dress in the orange suits that have become an internationally recognized symbol of detention.
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| Article: Commentary, Jill Lane | ||
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| Operation Atropos (2006) |
Bare Life Study #1 (Brasil 2005) |
A Room of One’s Own (NYC 2005) |
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