BEATRIZ Bonduel (Guatemala)
Cosmetics, participatory project, 2008
Cosmetics "to fight terror ?
I would say that my world is the world of neon,
pure artifice, cosmetics
also in the sense that the Greeks gave to the term.
ornament and order. Cosmos ethical, in the background. Sarduy
product dependent. In cold winters I wondered ... how could they survive without the other Labello times? How do they survive without it the less fortunate? Is it the natural state of dry and wrinkled skin? "The softness, moisture, moisture ... are economically sustainable buildings? By Johnson & Johnson, Vaseline and co., Pond's ...
And what about the toothpaste ... perhaps you can live without it? Or for the purist, not a concoction made with mint leaves and camphor ... well ... it is just cosmetic, objects that the body needs for wellness, beauty and cleanliness.
The fact is that the cosmetic has gone so far that our bodies can not be without it. The natural state of our body is to be ointment covered, glossy under the almond bath gel, yogurt, milk, honey ... gleaming under the cover of glossy cream, fragrant mist under a flowery or citrus.
Not to mention the potions that have been devised to highlight that the women that is so seductive in our oval face. Lips like ripe fruit, eyelashes of a camel in heat, the skin of a newborn, pink cheeks ...
Cosmetics is the day to day life, we are their slaves, without it we become street beggars with dry skin and pale gray.
Cosmetics is the painting on the street. We we color the body, we draw on our face charges at the time. The cosmetic is history, and as Sarduy said, hiding behind an ethical cosmos: reality.
