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Pieta

Pieta​, a reinterpretation of Michelangelo’s iconic masterpiece as a live performance using elaborate regalia and set in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.

 
 
 
 

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.

 
 
 
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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.

 
 
 
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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.