NAOMI EVEN-ABERLE
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My Dakota Body
2018
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My Dakota Body uses the method of masking, costuming, and manipulating the body to call attention to the tensions between navigating personal histories and inherited social and cultural histories of a space and geography. Specifically, the costumed figure draws parallels between the American "white-washing" historical practices and the now socially acceptable and sometimes fetishized martial arts tradition or oriental fetishization. Clad with gold glitter boxing wraps, three overstuffed hanboks, five-layered martial arts uniforms and a full white-washed body, My Dakota Body harnesses the power of layering, costuming, and a symbolic performance to draw visual parallels. In many ways, the layering technique is a utilized as a visual metaphor for both the Korean culture, and the American white culture and the struggle or swallowing that was taking place within my existence. Where did I exist within these narratives? 

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