A Crib for Sarah was a performance about the trauma of going through abortion. Performed by Fina Ferrara, the lucid experience engages in several acts through ‘dances of sorrow’. In evocative dance, Fina descends down a staircase and greets a makeshift shrine to her lost never-born child, complete with a physical portrait. She mourns and silently wails throughout the house she acts in. The performance was inspired by a real abortion experienced by the artist, only to suffer g

Echoes of Perception by Fina Ferrara is interactive performance art but presented in a manner similar to theatre, with a formal stage and seated audience. The conceptual basis of the performance conveys the Kuleshov effect, a film editing practice leaving the audience with different interpretations of the same action when presented with various visual contexts. Fina’s performance entails short 5 minute screenings of clips from several Hollywood movies. These films include The

La Niña De La Casa , or The Girl in the House when translated to English, is a performance by Fina Ferrara which begins with a prelude to another performance titled Heartwork broadcasted to the audience. Heartwork entails Fina seated on the grass in a white gown stitching red thread through animal hearts in the mists of an ominous forest to spell the word ‘trust’. The theme of certainty in others becomes followed by Fina Ferrara being broadcasted to the audience live on a s

Performance and performance-based art is meant to be enjoyed and appreciated in the moment. When a performance is over however, the piece can still be savored in the form of video and photography. This sense of mindfulness brings us to one of the most celebrated performance artists of our time: Fina Ferrara. Ms. Ferrara’s performance work is usually conceptual-based rather than conveying a narrative. Concepts such as overcoming and purging personal suffering, emotional releas

performance by Fina Ferrara Written by Joas Nebe Parasitó: an exhibition by Vedica Art Studios and Gallery. In collaboration with the...