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Identity simulacra

Preparing for the Performance2021Arnhem - NL.

Hadassa employs the readymade through her grandmother’s identity card, a document that reduces her to the status of a married woman. This gesture is set in relation to the white pantsuit, associated with a figure of female presence within the professional sphere.

She also proposes a re-reading of the Kitelemisa hairstyle (meaning “antenna”), worn as a means of circulating information outside formal structures.

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