Reproductive Rights
Street performance/ urban intervention
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Concept: Diana De Fex
Performance: Diana De Fex, Sandra De Fex and Fabián Franco
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Medellín, 2014


Two women, one of whom had access to a legal abortion (painted and dressed in pink), another who had a clandestine abortion and died from the consequences of the poor conditions in which it was performed (painted and dressed in black) walk through the streets of Medellín, while being chased by an executioner-patriarch, who whips them and shouts at them the arguments often heard from the so-called pro-life movement (people who are against women's right to have an abortion). The women tell their stories to those they meet along the way and ask people if they support free access to abortion in Colombia. This often derives into an impromptu exchange of the performers with the public: while women give their pro-choice arguments based on their own life and death stories, the executioner intervenes trying to gain the public towards his pro-life stance. Eventually, those who support the right to an abortion are given a flower by the women as a sign of gratefulness and solidarity, and to those who don't support it, the executioner hands them his business card, sarcastically inviting them to create alliances.













