Grandma
Theoretical Headbangers, Beautiful Dreamers
Curated and shot by Geraldo Mercado
Brooklyn International Performance Art Festival at Silent Barn
July 9, 2013
Panoply Performance Laboratory – PERFORMANCY FORUM: Liberación y Terapia
October 10, 2013
Work Performed: Panty Drop
Curated by Panoply Performance Laboratory – Esther Neff and Brain McClorkle
(This piece is part of a larger project about the used panty market in Japan. Full documentary in progress.)
Bushwick Open Studios 2013 – Animamus Art Salon at La Luz
Photos by Geraldo Mercado and Shannon M. DuVall
He said that he is 56. I wondered if he dyed his hair, because it was an unnatural shade of brown.
I was wearing a form fitting, short skirt and he noticed me. He sat next to me on a filthy couch and leans in to say, “You have amazing thighs, and I’ve seen a lot of legs…” Read the rest of this entry »
He has an illustration in his closet. In the portrait, he is holding a women by the waist. He gently rests his hand on her hip. She is naked and he is fully clothed. I wonder who she is because she is very attractive.
There are bloody hand prints on a blank billboard. The dried blood has a creamy quality to it.
I ask him, “If you don’t feel the same way about me as you used to, tell me…”
“I don’t…”
I start crying. I feel bad that I am blowing off a friend. We were supposed to meet at the ice cream convention. I knew they’d be mad and wouldn’t be understanding.
I have no idea where I am. My shirt is so stretched out that my breasts are showing. I pull up my shirt to try to cover myself. I feel horrible, exposed.


sometimes you just run out of cake Read the rest of this entry »