My live performance is a multi-sensory durational piece where I examine the ever present fear of losing a child to violence as a woman of color and a mother to a small brown boy.
I cradle 33 men and women of color for 3:33 seconds, a nod to the age that Jesus Christ was at the time of his execution.
Press
Express, “11 things to do for free this month in DC, Maryland and Virginia”, Washington Post, May 3, 2017: Web.
“Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz Premieres PIETA”, Orlando The City’s Magazine, March 2017: Web.
Hernandez, Alina, “UCF Art Professor and Performance Artist Lands Spot in Smithsonian Exhibit”, UCF Today, March 20, 2017: Web.
Young, Jessica Bryce, “Artist Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz: Pieta”, 90.7 WFME, March 16, 2017: Web.
Sandler, Leah, “'Pieta,' a performance by Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, creates a space for radical empathy: Holding action”, Orlando Weekly, March 15, 2017. Print. Web.
Three Wise Guys: Good Religion Radio “Faith and Culture, a Mediation on Grief with Dr. Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz” Season 10:Episode 10 Pieta 90.7 WMFE. Web March 7, 2017. Web.